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Politicians bank on people not caring about democracy – but research shows we do

  • Written by Adele Webb, Research Fellow, Democracy and Citizen Engagement, Centre for Deliberative Democracy, University of Canberra
Politicians bank on people not caring about democracy – but research shows we doThe Citizens' Assembly/X

Across the world, democracies are grappling with a widening gap between citizens and those who govern. Australia is no exception.

Increasingly, people feel politics is something done to them, not with them or for them. Many believe the system no longer represents their interests or responds to their needs, and that it...

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