Australia should play a key role in reversing the global decline of democratic systems and structures, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said in a speech at Old Parliament House in Canberra.
“Many democratic countries are becoming less democratic. Like a virus, populists are replicating at an exponential rate,” Ms O’Neil said at the event on Monday night hosted by the Museum of Australian Democracy.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
