Democracy
Alternative labels
Democratic process
Report
Talking politics: building support for democratic reform
This report considers how political leaders can build public support for democratic reform.
Discussion paper
Bonds of belonging: renewing democracy in an atomised age
Liberal democracy is under threat from tech platforms, identity politics and hostile foreign powers, such as China or Russia. This paper argues that Western liberal democracies lack resilience - across the West, economic models are in disarray, while social models engender cultural fragmentation, and politics is breeding social polarisation.
Report
Digital Threats to Democracy Dialogue: summary report
The Digital Threats to Democracy (DTD) Dialogue was a day-long, closed-door session that brought together a distinguished group of diverse subject matter experts, government officials and civil society stakeholders to examine intersecting digital challenges to democracy. This report consolidates and summarises the key points of the presentations, discussions and recommendations for consideration that arose from...
Book
The Australian Constitution and national identity
This book explores the relationship between Australia’s national identity and the Australian Constitution. As this is not purely a legal question, the book draws on historians and political scientists, as well as legal scholars, to examine the political and social dimensions of the Australian Constitution.
Discussion paper
What shall we do with Central Darling?
This paper explores the troubled history of local government and governance in Central Darling over the past decade, and the factors underlying that history.