Why Australia has the Best Democracy in the World
Added 2025-06-29 03:20:19 +0000 UTC[Early Access]
Hello Patrons,
In the last poll we got a lot of responses saying you want an explainer on how the Australian senate works, so here it is. Since the election there have been some loud voices talking about how we need a proportional voting system like the one we have for the senate in the lower house as well. We use this video as an opportunity to show how our current system is the best.
We've gone through a large chunk of the popular topics from the last patreon suggestion poll, we'll be collecting new suggestions tomorrow so tune in then to suggest videos you want to see.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for the support,
The FJ Crew
Comments
Is it bad that I’m a green member but enjoy Jordies slamming the greens
Greenlach7
2025-08-10 02:17:50 +0000 UTCWhat's there to say, really? If Woodside's extension is fully legal under the EPBC Act, then Labor's Environment Minister can't say no to it without facing potential legal action. The EPBC Act is a creation of Howard and Labor's attempts to update the act with the "Nature Positive Plan", which was killed by Former Labor Senator Fatima Payman due to opposition from WA's Mining industry Labor intends to bring back the 'Nature Positive Plan", again, a plan that would drastically expand environmental protections and potentially prevent future extensions of Gas and Minerals like that of Woodside
Just A Cultist
2025-07-01 07:51:32 +0000 UTCHmmm, still no peep about the Woodside extension. C'mon Jordan, we know it matters to you. Unsubscribed.
Alexandra Kalivodova
2025-06-30 23:51:44 +0000 UTCMate that's every country in the world that isn't Russia or China
Dec Gleeson
2025-06-30 10:13:17 +0000 UTCHannah Thomas: Former Greens candidate charged after injury in arrest at pro-Palestine protest https://share.google/vAC1OrULuhnOvcoTn
Matt CLARKE
2025-06-30 00:16:41 +0000 UTCPeaceful upstanding citizens protesting a business profiting from genocide, met with violence from police thugs.. because their paperwork wasn't in order. IDK, sounds more like a dictatorship 🤷
Matt CLARKE
2025-06-30 00:16:02 +0000 UTCA democracy to the extent we don't slightly annoy the United States of America/Israel, their wealth extraction and genocidal ambitions. Albo, Wong and Watt have made that clear.
Matt CLARKE
2025-06-29 23:27:19 +0000 UTCI used to buy into these proportional arguments, but more in favour New Zealand system of Mixed-Member Proportional. Either way, effectively these systems would be similar to abolishing the lower house (which is redundant) and just keeping the senate. Which arguably wouldn't make much difference to the current system given we would still have the same grid lock but just without a second redundant lower house. The reality is these 2 systems do not function that much differently in outcomes. The main outcome of the lower house being the house of government is ministers come from major parties. So the make up of the executive does not have to kowtow to minor parties (except of course, the Nationals hahaha). And yes, obstructionist minor parties also can't just terminate and blow up the government so easily or hold them to ransom, but this is also why the Liberals are forced into a hard Coalition agreement with the Nationals. And yes, look at where that has got them. So I take Jordan's point, arguably the Australian electoral system of 2 houses with the review house being proportional (thus limiting the influence of fringe groups), may arguably be better and outperform New Zealand. The thing is, this is all irrelevant of course. Why has the Australian electoral system evolved this way? It's because the constitution requires 2 houses, so the senate can represent states. Anyone with half a brain can see constitutional change (for better or worse) in Aus is near impossible. So instead of adopting New Zealand's model of abolishing one house and going to MMP, we just created a watered down version of it using 1 of the 2 houses so we didn't have to bother with a referendum. And if we were to make one constitutional change to the electoral system, it would be 4-year terms not changing the electoral voting system.
Jesse
2025-06-29 12:03:15 +0000 UTClet’s make this a series
Greenlach7
2025-06-29 08:03:31 +0000 UTCBut muuuuum, I want permanent gridlock from maccasss
Jacob van Acker
2025-06-29 06:50:28 +0000 UTCThere is a degree of the greens having a use as filtering out the far woke left out of the labor party into them. In UK Labour they are inside the labour party and in combination of Tony Blair disconnecting union power the party is culturally very weird and disconnected from the working class.
Jo
2025-06-29 06:20:06 +0000 UTCUsername checks out
afruitlesshippo
2025-06-29 05:47:11 +0000 UTCFactually incorrect video! That beeping sound is from McDonalds, not KFC!
Putz
2025-06-29 05:24:41 +0000 UTCMeans little when hands on healing, god made me PM, evangelical, liar from the shire, morrison gets in. He's comparable to that orange and they only got 2 choices.
Nathan Croucher
2025-06-29 04:31:04 +0000 UTCi think you were distracted by the temptation of shitting on the greens so much that you forgot to substantively explain the powers and duties of the senate in much detail
stolenshortsword
2025-06-29 04:04:42 +0000 UTCUgh, every time I hear someone use the word neurospicy I flinch.
Ains
2025-06-29 03:50:56 +0000 UTCBut it works in Canberra* - Max Chandler-Main Character, probably. *Because they vote for us
KazTastic222
2025-06-29 03:43:25 +0000 UTCThere's been two independent Australia articles arguing for proportional voting. Two different authors. Both using the nationals as the comparison. And the simps who agree with it will argue all day in the comments but dismiss reality about the nationals only targeting seats it's likely to win unlike the greens. Or that people vote Labor 2 knowing the other party isn't likely to win but they want them to get some funding.
Alex Isaac
2025-06-29 03:43:10 +0000 UTCDo a live after this, good content
Sir Jo
2025-06-29 03:38:05 +0000 UTCPolitics is the art of compromise
Selwyn Bore
2025-06-29 03:31:16 +0000 UTCProps to the editor for the crab rave 🤙
Nick Evans
2025-06-29 03:30:08 +0000 UTCExplain what democracy is in Caveman terms
Ooga Booga
2025-06-29 03:25:14 +0000 UTC
