The democracy dialogue

How is #democracy working? How can it be better? Talking about what matters. Over dinner. Join us at

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Rethinking Democracy is now The Democracy Dialogue

TBH there were too many extreme movements with a similar name

We’re not here to bark crazy theories from the fringes but to promote respectful debate that improves how we make decisions together

That’s a movement to get behind

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@kevinbonham Are you still goth Kevin?

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@kevinbonham It was always going to end with that conclusion. Still, doesn’t it raise an important question about whether we have the conditions that incentivise a diverse cross section of Australia to run?
(aside: they could presumably job share the non-statutory bits: media, research, eng)

[Zoe Daniel (she/her) @zdaniel]

Companies aren’t allowed to lie to consumers, so why is it legal in political advertising? Because it serves big political parties, but it does not serve voters. I was elected to fight for integrity. I will keep holding parties to account for their actions, or lack of action.

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@NickFeik Bloody extraordinary. Shows the stranglehold that political parties have (or are perceived to have, by themselves and the wider public) over our electoral systems, even when it was never intended to be the case

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@georgievpurcell Totally reprehensible by 9. It’s gutter journalism. And “oh AI did it” is a pathetic attempt at an excuse. Apology is not nearly enough.

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@theheraldsun That’s not what he said. He said that the vote aligned closely with education levels. Which is a statement of fact.

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@KosSamaras Does this summarise it?

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Is this about right @danilic ?

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@KosSamaras Interesting that home ownership now seems to take the place that income did some decades ago. Education and home ownership better indicators than income (education mutes any influence of income, and is more strongly predictive of
political lean)

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

I was recently awarded a grant by @OpenAI to explore how we can democratise #ArtificialInteligence development.

Myself, @shuyanglin, @akrasodomski, @carljackmiller and @tsuijiawei are running a pilot with #vTaiwan and @ChathamHouse.

More coming soon…

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@rjosephstella @referendumQandA @paulkildea To claim that the entire thread is misleading regally requires at least as robust evidence as te thread itself. Do you have a source for that quote? And how that figure was arrived at? The validity of the method? Is it backed up by multiple similar polls asking the same question?

[VoiceReferendumQ&A @referendumQandA]

Launching today @referendumQandA provides the views of 5 experts (public law, parliamentary & government practice, electoral law, referendums, human rights & Indigenous rights) on issues arising in public debate about the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Voice & referendum 1/

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@GrogsGamut Completely stupid. It’s one thing to have a law barring people with certain convictions from standing for office.. But to suggest a political solution to an indictment just plays into the narrative that the whole thing is politically motivated (I don’t believe it is)

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@Kunkakom @Demo_LabS Great thank you!

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@Just_Krystle_M Evidence?

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@joshburnsmp So isn’t the point Josh that the bill proposes to invest $10bn in the future fund and only the RETURNS (if any) spent on housing? By comparison Victoria Labor spent $5bn DIRECTLY on housing, and even they say it isn’t enough. Why isn’t it direct investment?

[Grace McCaughey @grace_mccaughey]

New ways to do Democracy.

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“You can’t shake hands with an open fist”

How we relate to each other, understand our power and practice forbearance are as fundamental to democracy as any system or process.

We joined Clarion Call and @newdemocracyAUS in a new pod chat.

Find it via https://t.co/i6Q3Drl8d4