Key values of the Democratic Audit of Australia    (published: 5/2002)

posted: 20/05/2002

Author(s): Barry Hindess (Australian National University) Category: download Democracy is usually understood as involving popular control and political equality. Nevertheless, there are some obstacles to popular control and political equality which many democrats hold to be important. A democratic audit can make a more effective contribution to political debate if it takes account of these complexities.

Key values: Reply to Hindess and Uhr    (published: 5/2002)	posted: 21/05/2002
Author(s): Damian O'Leary (Australian National University) Category:      (pages: 3)   download Damian O'Leary enters the Hindess-Uhr debate on key values of the Democratic Audit of Australia.

Key values: Comments on Hindess paper    (published: 5/2002)	posted: 21/05/2002
Author(s): John Uhr (Australian National University) Category: download John Uhr comments on Barry Hindess's paper on key values of the Democratic Audit.

Comments on Hindess, Uhr, and O’Leary    (published: 5/2002)	posted: 29/05/2002
Author(s): John Dryzek (Australian National University) Category: download John Dryzek comments on the Hindess-Uhr-O'Leary debate on key values of the Democratic Audit of Australia.

Key values: Comments on Hindess, Uhr, O’Leary and Dryzek    (published: 5/2002)	posted: 30/05/2002
Author(s): Marian Sawer (Australian National University) Category: download Marian Sawer re-enters the debate on key values of the Audit.

Talking point: Voter turnout    (published: 9/2002)

posted: 1/09/2002

Author(s): Democratic Audit (Australian National University) Category: ; Electoral      (pages: 2)   download Australians tend to be complacent about voter turnout, because of the high turnout which is feature of compulsory enrolment and voting. There are reasons, however, to disturb this complacency. First, the very low voter turnout for elections in which voting is not compulsory. And second, Australia's high voter turnout for parliamentary elections evaporates if we measure voter turnout against the voting age population rather than against registered voters.

Federalism and democracy    (published: 9/2002)

posted: 1/09/2002

Author(s): Graham Maddox (University of New England) Category: Constitution/federalism; - Audit paper download In the very moment of its invention, federalism was pitted against democracy. How can a system which in Australia is acknowledged on all sides to be a peculiar impediment to traditional Labor - and indeed to progressive Liberal - politics, be said to be conducive to democracy? Any objective audit of democracy will have to engage with the anti-democratic bias of the theory of federalism as well as the issues of democratic accountability that federalism presents.

Reforming the parliament    (published: 9/2002)

posted: 1/09/2002

Author(s): John Uhr (Australian National University) Category: Parliament; Accountability download This paper (prepared for a conference on 'Constitutional and Parliamentary Reform for South Australia') advocates ten measures for reform, which cover the three activities that are central to an effective Parliament: representation, legislation and accountability. The aim is to identify opportunities for an independent Parliament to exercise greater self-regulation and to take greater responsibility for the governance of South Australia.

What is a house of review?    (published: 9/2002)

posted: 1/09/2002

Author(s): John Uhr (Australian National University) Category: Parliament; - Audit paper download This paper argues that review at its most basic means legislative review, including reviews which take the policy initiative and set appropriate legal standards for government. It draws lessons from ACT Government arrangements and those of the Senate. The paper concludes with a warning about misapplying concepts of review.

Democracy and the constitution    (published: 10/2002)	posted: 31/10/2002
Author(s): Elaine Thompson (University of New South Wales) Category: Constitution/federalism; - Audit paper download This paper points to both liberal democratic and anti-democratic elements in the Australian Constitution before arguing that it should be read in the context of High Court interpretations and in such a way as to take account of the central theme of voting by the people.

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