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Parliament Explained Democracy – Parliament of Australia

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Learn about the values, principles and benefits of democracy in Australia, a representative democracy where citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf. Find out more about the Parliamentary Education Office resources on parliamentary democracy.

The Senate and Representative Democracy - Parliament of Australia

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How does the Senate ensure fair and representative democracy in Australia? Learn about the constitutional and historical origins, powers and functions of the upper house, and how it differs from the House of Representatives.

Parliament Explained Government – Parliament of Australia

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Australia has a mixed system of government; it is both a representative democracy and a constitutional monarchy. It is also a federation of states. A representative democracy is where citizens choose candidates to represent them in a parliament.

Dilemmas of Representation – Parliament of Australia

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Different concepts of representation have shaped Australia's evolution as a parliamentary democracy. Currently there is renewed debate over both principles and practice of representation coinciding with a loss of faith by many citizens that their views are being represented in Australia's parliaments.

The Contemporary Crisis of Representative Democracy

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Integral to the idea of representative democracy is the idea that power is exercised in the name of the people, or rather its representatives. The exhaustion of representative democracy correlates to the progressive irrelevance of this particular image of how power and politics works under contemporary conditions.

10. The Senate in the balance – Parliament of Australia

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This is representative democracy at its best, we have heard them argue. A party presents a clear program to the voters and pledges to enact it; a majority of the voters endorses that program with their votes; and the party then redeems its pledge by promptly moving its program through the Parliament.

The Contemporary Crisis of Representative Democracy

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The exhaustion of representative democracy correlates to the progressive irrelevance of this particular image of how power and politics works under contemporary conditions.

Chapter 3 - Trust in the electoral system - Parliament of Australia

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Truth and trust are bound together - they are central to the social contract between voters and elected representatives, they are what makes our system of democracy function.

Chapter 1 - Proportional representation - 'one vote, one value'

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proportional representation of the states and territories in the Parliament, in the context of the democratic principle of 'one vote, one value.' 1.8 A discussion of this term of reference involves six variables, the first two of which are proportional representation and one vote, one value.

About the House of Representatives – Parliament of Australia

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The main political parties represented in the House are the Australian Labor Party, the Liberal Party of Australia and the National Party of Australia. In recent years there has also been a number of independent parties and Members. See also: Infosheet 8 – Elections for the House of Representatives.

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