'Give Us Back Our Country' - how direct democracy can restore accountability

Dear ,

Professor David Flint will be launching Give Us Back Our Country, the book he co-authored with Jai Martinkovits, at two separate functions in Brisbane on Thursday April 19, 2018.

Lunch (with a limit of 25) at 12:00 midday in the Connor Court Book Room, West End, will be $25. To book, click here.

Dinner, at a cost of $35, will be 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm at the Jindalee Hotel. To book, click here.

We are holding the launches jointly with the Conservative Coalition for Australia.

There are few problems today which have not been either caused or made worse by the politicians. The sad fact is that the institutions of our representative democracy – one of the world’s oldest – have been compromised. This can be directly attributed to the power brokers in the major parties who are in an unholy alliance with the elites. So much of what they do today just does not pass the “pub test”. The authors argue that the only solution is to make the politicians truly accountable – not just every three or four years in blank cheque elections – but on every day, of every month and of every year through the tools of direct democracy.

Citizen Initiated Referenda are an innovation that the Australian Institute for Progress has supported in its Ten Big Ideas document.

Look forward to seeing you at one of the functions on the 19th.

Lunch Function

When: April 19, at 12:00 noon.
Where: Connor Court Book Room, Suite 2, 146 Boundary Street, WEST END Q 4101
Cost: $25
To book, click here.

Dinner Function

When: April 19, at 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm.
Where: Jindalee Hotel, Sinnamon Road, JINDALEE Q 4074
Cost: $35
To book, click here.

If you know someone who is interested in this issue, bring them along too. And please share on social media as well.

Regards

Graham Young
Executive Director
Australian Institute for Progress