Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Dr Rebecca Rey from the UWA Public Policy Institute speaks with Dr Lachlan Umbers about democracy: what is it? Is it eroding due to public distrust? Why can’t children vote? Would a lottocratic system ever work?

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