This 3-part docuseries tells the remarkable story of Australia's democratic system. Annabel Crabb unearths the individuals and stories behind the features that combine to make Australian democracy globally unique.
Episode 1
Fairness
We begin with one of the enduring oddities of the Australian electoral system - preferential voting. Vaunted by mathematicians and theorists as a fairer way of voting. Adopted, uniquely, by Australia in 1918.
Episode 2
Disruption
In the early days, Parliament House hosted an all-male conclave of politicians and newspapermen, sharing a cramped environment and a complex code of conventions and mutual dependency. But the age of disruption has arrived.
Episode 3
People Power
Democracies operate according to rules, but they also change. Sometimes at the hands of visionary or power-hungry leaders, sometimes in response to external forces, and sometimes as a result of people power.
Annabel Crabb
Self - Presenter
2021 · ★ 7.2
2017 · ★ 8.2
2020 · ★ 7.1
2016 · ★ 6.5
1986 · ★ 7.0
2023 · ★ 7.6
2019 · ★ 8.0
1978 · ★ 8.0
1987 · ★ 6.7
2018 · ★ 7.4
2019 · ★ 7.4
2020 · ★ 7.7
2023 · ★ 6.3
2023 · ★ 7.8
2020 · ★ 7.0
2023 · ★ 8.4
2000 · ★ 6.4
2019 · ★ 6.6
2014 · ★ 6.8
1988 · ★ 6.5
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