"This is manifest in the decline of public faith in politics and politicians over the last decade, a consistent finding of many different polls. Australia has failed to keep pace with many of the initiatives that have taken place in other established democracies.

The election of the Rudd Government and a newly formed Opposition offer outstanding opportunities for long term, non-partisan democratic reform.”

‘Democracy under Siege’ by David Yencken & Nicola Henry
Published by the The Australian Collaboration, 2008.