I briefly relate my experiences in dream state working with others on the latest stage of the transformational awakening we're experiencing as a collective.

Then I explain the way democracy works in the Westminster system, which is the system that prevails in Australia, adopted from the UK. Some of these rules serve us well but others - especially the unwritten conventions that allows political parties to dominate government - do not. As we begin transforming our systems, it's time to think about what will we want to keep and what will we wish to discard?

Show notes:

[1:26] I discuss a recent dream I had about the huge number of highly advanced souls who are preparing to walk in or drop in to this planet. In my dream, I was processing a group of these souls who were here for a specific mission.

[5:03] The changes in our political systems will begin to show up in physical terms from now on and will be different for each country.

[5:03] The changes in our political systems will begin to show up in physical terms from now on and will be different for each country.

[5:37] In Australia, we have a system of democracy based on the separation of powers - that the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary are separate arms of government so that power is not centralised in one place.

[7:40] In the Westminster system, Parliament makes the laws and is comprised of two Houses - the Lower House that represents the people and the Upper House that reviews and approves laws. In Australia the Queen is part of Parliament.  To be passed, laws have to be approved by both Houses and assented to by the Governor-General who is the Queen's representative in Australia.

[9:35] Parliamentarians are directly elected by the people, a concept known as representative democracy which is written into our Constitution.

[10:32] Australian democracy also relies on the unwritten rule of responsible government. One part of this is that the Executive (the Prime Minister, Cabinet and government departments) must be responsible to the Lower House of Parliament, which in practice means the political party that holds the majority of seats in the House of Representatives forms government.

[12:07] Another part of responsible government limits the powers of the Queen's representative, the Governor-General who in exercising many of his or her powers, relies on the advice of the Prime Minister. 

[13:23] Our State governments largely follow the same conventions in how governments are formed. 

[14:13] By placing so much power in the hands of the ruling political party, the conventions of responsible government can override the effectiveness of representative democracy as Parliamentarians become accustomed to adopting the party line, instead of representing their constituents.

[15:45] Members of Parliament have a duty of public trust, to supervise and hold accountable the Executive on behalf of the electorate, but this doesn't happen within the same political party.

[16:37] Although most Senates in Australia are not dominated by the ruling political party, they are fragmented and there is often a balance of power held by a handful of minor parties or independents which still allows the government to get laws passed by negotiating with these few Parliamentarians. 

[17:42] The end result is that our views as the electorate are seldom heard directly and we feel frustrated when we want to express them although we live in a democracy. What can we do to improve the system?

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