Direct democracy gold standard

Is it time to update our gold-standard democracy?*

It is said that we should not forget that Australia has a gold-standard democracy. But never before have Australians felt so oppressed by laws made by their so-called representatives without reference to them and without the prospect of the laws being able to be changed.

Under the pandemic lockdowns, protests were banned, social media censored, and Parliament bypassed and manipulated by the few. Covid19 has exposed the Australian Federation to be deeply dysfunctional and government systems de…

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