Democracies must constantly guard against their erosion – and Australia is no exception.
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Demography is about more than just people. It’s about the foundation of society, culture, and economy – and it’s deeply fraught.
Australia at federation was perhaps the most developed example of harnessing democracy and bureaucracy.
In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today, and the ones that fell by the wayside.
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Monash University
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Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University