Is Australia mature enough to be a democracy?

Dr Adrian Liston
The Australian National University
and the University of Washington

Under the system we inherited from the British, Australia is a pseudo-democracy. It was a compromise of the time, where the elites had a fondness for the ideals of democracy, but were still rather worried about what would happen if everyone was involved in the process...

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The underlying position of the Australian economy is very strong. It is, in my view, very, very likely that the RBA will raise rates within the next 3 months or so. The far more intriguing question is whether or not the RBA will raise rates before the next Federal election. As I write, the Federal election has not yet been called, but I am writing on the assumption that the election will be between 24 November and 8 December, probably later rather than earlier.

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There is a theory that Howard will run a longer campaign in order to give time for Rudd to slip up.

However it seems to me that it is the Howard team that is stressed, feeling the pressure and more likely to lose perspective in the heat of the election. They also have a great many more ‘issues’ in their past.

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