Why the biggest election year in world history threatens democracy
The Briefing24 Jan 2024

Why the biggest election year in world history threatens democracy

2024 will be the largest single election year in human history, with voters representing more than 40 per cent of the world’s population going to the polls this year.

Fascist, authoritarian and strong-man candidates are candidates in many of those elections – threatening no less than the future of democracy.

We take democracy for granted, but democracies can actually be very fragile.

On today's afternoon episode of The Briefing, Sacha Barbour Gatt and Bension Siebert unpack the world’s biggest election year, and what it might mean for the future of democracy.

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Qantas hack explained + Second man arrested in child sex abuse case

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Vic to strengthen child safety laws + Glastonbury: Free speech or crime?

Vic to strengthen child safety laws + Glastonbury: Free speech or crime?

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‘Bomb cyclone’ + Calls for increased childcare safeguards

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Afternoon Headlines: Five million could be hit with intense weather system hitting the coast of NSW, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to meet with US President Donald Trump and two major ...

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Visas pulled, cops probe Glastonbury acts + Can AI spot dodgy tax returns?

Visas pulled, cops probe Glastonbury acts + Can AI spot dodgy tax returns?

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30 Jun 202522min

Day 40: Two-minute mushroom trial recap

Day 40: Two-minute mushroom trial recap

Erin Patterson has been charged with the murders of three relatives and the attempted murder of another; after allegedly serving up a beef Wellington dish laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms at a...

30 Jun 20251min

BUPA’s $35 million penalty + Why we need to care about Trump’s tariffs

BUPA’s $35 million penalty + Why we need to care about Trump’s tariffs

Afternoon Headlines: BUPA to pay $35 MILLION dollars in penalties and two US firefighters have been shot with the body of a suspected shooter found and the jury for Erin Patterson’s murder trial start...

30 Jun 202515min

Is this the end of unpaid work? + Exposing Australia’s worst terrorist

Is this the end of unpaid work? + Exposing Australia’s worst terrorist

Monday Headlines: Greens candidate left ‘potentially without vision’ after being arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest, Teen in serious but stable condition after NSW shark attack, Uni & TAFE students...

29 Jun 202523min

The Baby Trade: Inside the international surrogacy marketplace

The Baby Trade: Inside the international surrogacy marketplace

Bonus Episode: As the Australian government prepares to review our national patchwork of surrogacy laws, this exclusive LiSTNR investigation reveals how restrictive domestic policies are quietly fuell...

29 Jun 202519min

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