This article addresses the fact that parliamentary representation isn’t the only method by which people can participate in a healthy democracy. When legislation is drawn up which is about a particular group in society, it’s important that the group is consulted & heard.
Our failure to institute The Voice, given the history of dispossession, violence & abuse, was a gross failure to recognise how democracy works and needs to be maintained.
We are seeing how democracy has fallen into decay in the US and is at risk of becoming a total sham as it is in Russia.
The Voice would have renewed Australian democracy. Its failure leaves us all worse off https://theconversation.com/the-voice-would-have-renewed-australian-democracy-its-failure-leaves-us-all-worse-off-271836?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%204%202026%20-%203663837432&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%204%202026%20-%203663837432+CID_980c5e02ab1881f059276353a3f9d65b&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=The%20Voice%20would%20have%20renewed%20Australian%20democracy%20Its%20failure%20leaves%20us%20all%20worse%20off
