The bleak picture of Australian politics: this is how we change
The bleak picture of Australian politics: this is how we change
Joseph Camilleri,  Allan Patience

The bleak picture of Australian politics: this is how we change

We are confronting a deep structural crisis in our society. We have confused the idea of democracy with the institutions of political parties and representative democracies. The major parties have become structures representing economic and security elites to which only second rate personalities flock, incapable of navigating the huge challenges we face globally. Meanwhile, the under resourced education system has become an iron cage, captured by industry, that we have been imprisoning young minds into, and from which they are now breaking free.

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Joseph Camilleri

Joseph Camilleri is Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, Convener of Conversation at the Crossroads, and Co-Convener of SHAPE (Saving Humanity and Planet Earth)

Allan Patience

Dr Allan Patience is an honorary fellow in political science in the University of Melbourne.

John Menadue

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