From donations and lobbyist reform and the institution of a national corruption commission to the introduction of Multi Member Proportional Representation in the House of Representatives; from becoming a Republic to potentially abolishing the States, empowering local government and entirely reconfiguring our federation; from building local mechanisms for participatory democracy to building the case for global representative democracy, and of course ensuring sovereignty for first nations people, there are huge ideas to be discussed!
Featured below is an audio podcast of the panel ‘Deepening Democracy’ at The Green Institute conference, Cultivating Democracy, on November 15, 2019. Facilitated by Senator Larissa Waters, speakers include:Associate Professor Simon Niemeyer, Dr Amanda Cahill, Dr Tim Dunlop and Nicola Paris.
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Featured below is an audio podcast of Tim Hollo’s opening speech to the Green Institute conference, Cultivating Democracy, on November 15, 2019. You can also read Tim’s speech on our blog. At the end of the recording, you will hear Green Institute’s Communications & Projects Officer Elissa Jenkins launch the…
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This is the text of Tim Hollo’s opening speech to the Green Institute conference, Cultivating Democracy, on November 15, 2019. Audio and transcriptions of the other presentations on the day will be posted in the coming weeks as they become available. On behalf of the Green Institute and all of…
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I start by acknowledging that we are on the land of the Ngunnawal and Ngamberi people and paying respects to their elders, past, present and emerging. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land, and any conversation about its future, about how we face up to the enormous challenges…
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Like many of you, I have friends and loved ones right now in the paths of some of the most destructive fires Australia has yet seen. I sit, horrified, in front of my screen, reloading pages, hoping to hear good news, thinking about what I need to do to prepare…
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Extinction Rebellion protester Richard Ogden in Brisbane, asking for climate action. YOU CAN’T DO IT THAT WAY! With the increasingly panicked attacks on climate activists for daring to protest, and faux-concerned opinion pieces published pleading “Why can’t they ask nicely?”, here’s a short and incomplete list of what we’re not…
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“This is what democracy looks like!” I don’t know about you, but when I heard thousands of kids chanting that at the Climate Strike last week, it sent shivers of joy and excitement down my spine. Proud father moment – that’s my daughter MC’ing Canberra’s 15,000 strong strike! One of…
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This month Green Institute Executive Director, Tim Hollo, presented a seminar ‘Towards Ecological Democracy – A Political Theory For The 21st Century’ at the Australian National University in Canberra. He presented a theory of ecological democracy that seeks to apply the fundamentals of ecology to politics, articulating a vision of…
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In this year’s European elections, Greens parties saw a surge in support, lifting their representation in the European Parliament from 50 to 75 MEPs. Greens now account for 10% of the representatives, making them the fourth largest bloc after the centre right, the social democrats and the liberals, and ahead…
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We’ve got some exciting and thought-provoking events coming up in the next few weeks that we’d love you to join us for, culminating in our next national conference, Cultivating Democracy, in parallel with Greens National Conference in Canberra. We’ll be in a position to share more details on the conference…
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