By Andrew Mackinnon
Last updated: 17th June, 2026
The Australian federal government should become democratic because it is currently failing to serve the best interests of Australian citizens and improve Australia for their benefit, as a positive example to other countries around the world.
Australian citizens should continue to vote for Australian federal representatives in Australian federal elections, except that the candidate in each Australian federal electorate who receives the highest number of primary votes should become the Australian federal representative for that Australian federal electorate for a term of four years.
Preferential voting should be abolished in all elections in Australia, including Australian federal elections.
Australian federal elections should be held at the same time every two years, such as in the month of March, being Australian federal full-term elections alternating with Australian federal mid-term elections, with half of the total number of Australian federal representatives coming up for election in each Australian federal election, thereby providing Australian citizens with the opportunity to change half of their Australian federal representatives every two years.
Compulsory voting by Australian citizens in all elections in Australia, including Australian federal elections and Australian federal referendums, should be abolished, so that voting by Australian citizens in all elections in Australia, including Australian federal elections and Australian federal referendums, is voluntary.
Voluntary voting by Australian citizens in all elections in Australia, including Australian federal elections and Australian federal referendums, would mean that politics in Australia would be determined only by Australian citizens who are actually interested in it, which would lead to better outcomes in Australian politics that serve the best interests of Australian citizens and improve Australia for their benefit, as a positive example to other countries around the world.
An Australian federal referendum on abolishing the Australian senate in the Australian federal parliament should be held, on account of its anti-democratic nature, in the form of the tendency of Australian senators in the Australian senate in the Australian federal parliament to vote against constructive legislation that a majority of Australian federal representatives (in the Australian House of Representatives, ideally named the “Australian Forum of Representatives”) in the Australian federal parliament have agreed to.
The functions of the Australian federal government should be clearly identified, such as listed as follows, so that the required Australian ministers of the Australian federal government (e.g. Australian Prime Minister, Australian Attorney-General, Australian Treasurer, et cetera) can also be clearly identified.
The required Australian ministers of the Australian federal government should be clearly identified.
Australian federal representatives should elect Australian ministers of the Australian federal government, including the Australian Prime Minister, in the Australian federal parliament, out of Australian federal representatives or Australian citizens (in the cases of the Australian Governor-General, Australian Auditor-General and Australian Director-General of National Intelligence), for terms of four years each, for the purpose of operating the Australian federal government on behalf of Australian citizens, in order to serve the best interests of Australian citizens and improve Australia for their benefit, as a positive example to other countries around the world, instead of the Australian federal representative who is the Australian Prime Minister deciding which Australian federal representatives or Australian citizens become Australian ministers of the Australian federal government, without any democratic input from other Australian federal representatives.
Elections of Australian ministers of the Australian federal government by Australian federal representatives should be held soon after each Australian federal full-term election occurs (as opposed to each Australian federal mid-term election) and should involve Australian federal representatives voting voluntarily in the Australian federal parliament.
Australian federal representatives should also have the power to terminate Australian ministers of the Australian federal government before their terms of four years each end, by way of a majority of them voting in favour in the Australian federal parliament.
Elections of Australian ministers to replace Australian ministers, who have been terminated by majorities of Australian federal representatives before their terms of four years each end or otherwise finished their terms early, should be held on as-needed bases.
Australian federal representatives should also elect Australian secretaries of the various Australian federal government services, such as the Australian Treasury, in the Australian federal parliament, out of Australian federal government employees, for terms of four years each, to operate the various Australian federal government services on behalf of Australian citizens, in order to serve the best interests of Australian citizens and improve Australia for their benefit, as a positive example to other countries around the world, instead of the Australian federal representative who is the Australian Prime Minister deciding which Australian federal government employees become Australian secretaries of the various Australian federal government services, without any democratic input from other Australian federal representatives.
Elections of Australian secretaries of the various Australian federal government services by Australian federal representatives should be held on as-needed bases and should involve Australian federal representatives voting voluntarily in the Australian federal parliament.
Australian federal representatives should also have the power to terminate Australian secretaries of the various Australian federal government services before their terms of four years each end, by way of a majority of them voting in favour in the Australian federal parliament.
Elections of Australian secretaries to replace Australian secretaries, who have been terminated by majorities of Australian federal representatives before their terms of four years each end or otherwise finished their terms early, should be held on as-needed bases.
Australian federal representatives should also elect Australian ambassadors of the Australian federal government to other countries around the world in the Australian federal parliament, out of Australian federal government employees or Australian citizens, for terms of four years each, to represent the Australian federal government to other countries around the world on behalf of Australian citizens, in order to serve the best interests of Australian citizens and improve Australia for their benefit, as a positive example to other countries around the world, instead of the Australian federal representative who is the Australian Prime Minister deciding which Australian federal government employees or Australian citizens become Australian ambassadors of the Australian federal government to other countries around the world, without any democratic input from other Australian federal representatives.
Elections of Australian ambassadors of the Australian federal government to other countries around the world by Australian federal representatives should be held on as-needed bases and should involve Australian federal representatives voting voluntarily in the Australian federal parliament.
Australian federal representatives should also have the power to terminate Australian ambassadors of the Australian federal government to other countries around the world before their terms of four years each end, by way of a majority of them voting in favour in the Australian federal parliament.
Elections of Australian ambassadors to replace Australian ambassadors, who have been terminated by majorities of Australian federal representatives before their terms of four years each end or otherwise finished their terms early, should be held on as-needed bases.
The responsibilities of Australian federal representatives would therefore include electing Australian ministers of the Australian federal government, including the Australian Prime Minister, electing Australian secretaries of the Australian federal government services, electing Australian ambassadors of the Australian federal government to other countries around the world, advocating on behalf of Australian citizens in their Australian federal electorates, learning how the Australian federal government (comprising Australian federal government services) operates, voting on policy and legislation, proposed by Australian ministers of the Australian federal government or other Australian federal representatives, in the Australian federal parliament, as well as assisting Australian ministers of the Australian federal government and other Australian federal representatives, via constructive discussion in the Australian federal parliament, to serve the best interests of Australian citizens and improve Australia for their benefit, as a positive example to other countries around the world.
The Australian federal government should operate a discussion forum on the internet as an Australian federal government service to Australian citizens, in order to facilitate Australian citizens making their views known about policy, legislation and issues (associated with the Australian federal government) to Australian federal representatives and Australian federal government employees in Australian federal government services (collectively known as the Australian Public Service (APS), ideally named the “Australian Civil Service (ACS)”), as well as Australian federal representatives advocating effectively and efficiently in the Australian federal parliament on behalf of Australian citizens in their Australian federal electorates.