Australia went to the polls on May 21 to vote in a Federal Election. According to the Australian Electoral Commission, 96.8% of eligible Australians were enrolled to vote, and on April 18, the deadline day for enrolments, 214,000 Australians enrolled marking a single-day record. But while participation in democracy is flourishing, trust in government is at an all-time low. In 2019, the Australian Election Study reported that just 25% of participants thought that people in government could be trusted compared with 43% in 2004.Continue readingDeclining trust in government, and what our political representatives can do about it
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