New research from a leading university has uncovered shifting attitudes towards democracy among Australians.
Satisfaction with democracy in Australia is falling behind that of its Indo-Pacific neighbours, new research has found. The alarming findings released by the Australian National University showed 77 per cent of Australians were satisfied or very satisfied with democracy, compared to 81 per cent in 2008. The biggest change recorded was fewer Australians being very satisfied with the political system than 15 years ago .
"Here we have far more people think that the economic distribution is unfair compared to who think it is fair, and a slight increase in perceptions of unfairness over the last couple of years," he said. "Those perceptions are very closely related to those kind of views on democracy.
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