Break out the democracy sausage for a new 3 part series into how Australia governs itself -and the power of the electorate.
Annabel Crabb fronts a new three-part docu-series Annabel Crabb’s Civic Duty into how Australia governs itself.
She travels both here and abroad to investigate how the politics of our parliament have changed thanks to political leaders, the media landscape – but most of all – the power of the Australian people.
Amongst the interview subjects are Antony Green, Barnaby Joyce, Jonathan Swan, Kevin Rudd, Mark Riley, Penny Wong, Samantha Maiden, Waleed Aly, Penny Wong and more.
Australians rarely pause to appreciate the miracle behind the ballot box. How often do we stop and marvel at what we’ve built? How many of us know that the familiar, uncontroversial features of our electoral system are – in global terms – highly unusual? And how many of us have heard the rollicking backstories of the democratic dreamers and reformed felons behind it?
Across three episodes Annabel Crabb’s Civic Duty unearths the individuals and stories that combine to make Australian democracy globally unique, like our invention of the secret ballot, our adoption of preferential and compulsory voting, and our peculiar attachment to sausages.
Production Credit: Annabel Crabb’s Civic Duty is developed and commissioned by the ABC. Writer / Presenter / Executive Producer: Annabel Crabb. Director/Producer: Stamatia Maroupas. Series Producer: Madeleine Hawcroft. Producer: Tania Doumit. ABC Commissioning Editor: Jo Chichester. ABC Head of Documentary & Specialist: Susie Jones. ABC Director Screen: Jennifer Collins.
8:30pm Monday November 10 on ABC (all episodes on iview).