A new audit of Australia’s democracy finds it generally in good shape, but with pressing issues that need addressing.

Most democratic countries in the world operate a representative democracy. Nigeria is, in theory, one of them! But a representative democracy is predicated on two fundamental assumptions.

Ruling is a skilled trade, Plato argues. And like any other trade, not everyone has the talent or the training to be good at ...

This, of course, is at the heart of representative democracy: that we elect people to make decisions on our behalf. If most Americans disagree that this is working well, that’s a threat to ...