Australian Human Rights Commission: What is Democracy?

In partnership with Cool Australia, specifically designed as a classroom resource for Year 8 Civics and Citizenship. This is a useful video to introduce students to the concepts of democracy (direct, representative), referendums, democratic dissent and voting.

Source: Australian Human Rights Commission (2018, August). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Eu6G5YrBt4&ab_channel=AustralianHumanRightsCommission

Professor Adrienne Stone: What does COVID-19 mean for Australian Democracy?

Professor Adrienne Stone from Melbourne Law School explains how democracy functions during a crisis like COVID-19. She further discusses on how the Australian parliament is no longer operating as normal and what that means practically. This is a useful resource for teachers and students to understand the current political climate.

Source: The University of Melbourne (2020, April). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIoCbWdIbOU&ab_channel=TheUniversityofMelbourne

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House: 10 Fast facts about Australian Democracy

A breakdown of Australian democracy, presented by the MOAD regarding fun facts such as the prime minister is not mentioned in the constitution, there was no commonwealth of Australia before 1901 and that Australia is governed by the house of representatives and the senate.

Source: Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House (2019, March). Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKneYVkc-4&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=MuseumofAustralianDemocracyatOldParliamentHouse

Behind the News: Preferential Voting

A deep dive into preferential voting, presented by Behind the News (a news program for young Australians). Regarding ballot voting, how to vote cards and how preferences are calculated in order to nominate a winner.

Source: Behind the News (2019, February). Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yHQyZjVtYc&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=BehindtheNews

CrashCourse: Media Institution – Crash Course Government and Politics

This is more of an international perspective, CrashCourse presents a guide to how the media affects politics and vice versa, strengths and weaknesses and how content creators and consumers play a role in how information is told.

Source: CrashCourse (2016, January). Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F0g4N415uw&ab_channel=CrashCourse