Direct democracy made digital - Dion McCurdy

An episode of the Uncommon podcast, hosted by Jordan Michaelides, titled "Direct democracy made digital - Dion McCurdy" was published on June 5, 2018 and runs 64 minutes.

June 5, 2018 ·64m · Uncommon

Summary

Dion McCurdy is a lawyer and co-founder of NewVote, an independent nonpartisan nonprofit. NewVote is a foundation whose aim is enhance democracy through their digital participation app; allowing you to gain access to a dedicated public record of every political issue, goal and solution facing Australia, a source of balanced information, a tool to co-create policy and be part of the decision making process, and a channel to communicate with representatives. Politics is a fascinating area we’ve covered across many interviews with MPs, media commentators and pundits in the past - so I thought it would be prudent to get a individual that can help all of us better understand the structure of democracies. Democracy and free speech is being tested in the West by polarising groups from both the left and right, this interview should kick us off in the right direction around structuring and managing democracy - one of the most important creations for managing societies.

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