The major parties want to entrench a system of unfairly distributed electoral funding and corporate donations to pay for their manipulative misinformation campaigns, and to stir up racism, misogyny and bigotry against minorities. Peter Boyle reports.
proportional representation
Essential Research found support for a democratic economic system and for proportional representation, which would make the electoral system fairer for minor parties. Daniel Mundës reports.
Many Australians watched the shit-show of the recent United States elections and questioned the level of democracy in that country. Alex Bainbridge asks if there's much of a difference here.
The shock resignations from parliament of Greens senators Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters highlight one of the many undemocratic features in the Australian Constitution.
Most people think that democracy and elections are pretty much the same thing. The truth is that any meaningful push for genuine democracy would require a lot more than just electoral reform.
The change of prime minister from Tony Abbott to Malcolm Turnbull shows that a change of leader means very little in terms of actual policy change. And this is not because the policies they push are popular.
We need a change of government: not just a change from the Liberals to Labor, but a change from corporate power to people power.