The best of both worlds? How Australia’s unique democracy evolved
- Written by James Walter, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Monash University
The opening of the first parliament of the Commonwealth.State Library of VictoriaWe are social beings. So, within every group, decisions must be made about how to live together, preserving wellbeing and relations with others. Historically, those decisions were made by tribal leaders, or monarchs and their courts. Yet the ancient states of Greece,...





