Our Decomposing Democracy

As Australia's population expands, citizens are losing their political power and influence. The reason for this is that our electorates are bloating, as more and more people are crammed into each constituency. The root cause of this deterioration in our Parliamentary democracy is the limits imposed by section 24 of the Australian Constitution that restricts the number of Members of the House of Representatives to twice the number of seats in the Senate. Worse is to come with Australia's population estimated to double by 2066.