All Episodes of Annabel Crabb's Civic Duty
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This 3-part docuseries tells the remarkable story of Australia's democratic system. Annabel Crabb unearths the individuals and stories behind the features that combine to make Australian democracy globally unique.
Season 1
N/A/100 votesFairness
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/2025
We begin with one of the enduring oddities of the Australian electoral system - preferential voting. Vaunted by mathematicians and theorists as a fairer way of voting. Adopted, uniquely, by Australia in 1918.
Director: Stamatia Maroupas
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesDisruption
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2025
In the early days, Parliament House hosted an all-male conclave of politicians and newspapermen, sharing a cramped environment and a complex code of conventions and mutual dependency. But the age of disruption has arrived.
Director: Stamatia Maroupas
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesPeople Power
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/2025
Democracies operate according to rules, but they also change. Sometimes at the hands of visionary or power-hungry leaders, sometimes in response to external forces, and sometimes as a result of people power.
Director: Stamatia Maroupas
Writer: Unknown