Commentary
On Saturday, Australia is having another federal election. These elections are generally held every three years because the Australian Constitution specifies that the maximum term of a parliament is three years.
Of course, democracy is much more than just holding such elections. It takes far more than parliamentary elections to make a sound democracy. For example, political accountability is also very critical to the preservation of a truly functional democracy.
However, accountability is not possible in a country where political power is too concentrated in the hands of a few individuals or a group of individuals. This concentration of powers occurs as a natural consequence of a flawed system that works as a negation of the classic doctrine of separation of powers….