Democracy, the Political Compass & the Media

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Across
  1. 3. If you are enrolled to vote in a Federal or state election, then you must vote, have a valid reason not to, or risk paying a _______.
  2. 4. Although people earn different amounts of money, the amount for a myki fine is the same for everyone ($288). This upholds the democratic value of ____________.
  3. 6. Someone who is more _____________ left is likely to support the redistribution of wealth through taxing Australian citizens for purposes such as building public schools, hospitals, major roadworks or infrastructure, and reducing the costs of healthcare for people on lower incomes (like through Medicare).
  4. 13. A key idea of a healthy democracy is that it should have free and franchised elections. This means that everyone should be able to _________ for their elected representative.
  5. 14. _____________, The Australian, 7News, 9News, 10News, news.com.au, 60 Minutes, and A Current Affair are all examples of generally more right-leaning news media publications or networks.
  6. 17. The ________________ means that everyone is bound by and must abide by the law, regardless of whether they’re a judge, member of parliament, or average Australian citizen.
  7. 19. Someone who is more economically _____________ in their political ideology believes that governments should not regulate economic markets or tell businesses what to do. (hint: remember the more ‘laissez-faire’ / hands off approach of economic governance?)
  8. 21. All news publications have this, regardless of their political leaning.
  9. 23. A two-word phrase which means ‘to act in the interests of all’.
  10. 24. Someone who believes in their personal freedom to own a gun is more ideologically _____________ (hint: think of the southern end of the scale of the political compass).
  11. 25. Another word for fairness (where adjustments are made to overcome disadvantage).
Down
  1. 1. A set of ideas and ideals, especially related to politics or the economy.
  2. 2. A phrase used to help explain how people’s personal experiences are in part caused by structural power imbalances. For example, in many societies, men have traditionally taken on a more ‘public’ and ‘political’ role in society, where women have traditionally been relegated to the ‘private’ and ‘domestic’ (home) sphere. This phrase was coined in the 1960s during the second wave of feminism.
  3. 5. The northern end of the political compass; in favour of heavy government regulation and intervention into the social, political, economic and cultural life of a society. This system of governance is seen as a necessary security measure to ensure public order and a deterrent against lawlessness.
  4. 7. The Guardian, The Conversation, The Saturday Paper, Crikey, The Feed and Vice are all examples of generally _____________ -leaning news media publications or programs.
  5. 8. Someone who is more socially progressive is likely to be more inclusive of different cultures, religions and neurodiverse ways of thinking and being. This could mean supporting the settlement of more _____________ (people seeking asylum) in Australia.
  6. 9. Newspapers, radio, television, and word-of-mouth are all _____________ forms of news media, whereas podcasts and social media are non-traditional, more modern forms of news media.
  7. 10. The following news publications, programs or networks are more _____________ on the political scale: SBS News, ABC News, The Drum, Insiders, Four Corners.
  8. 11. Another term for ‘mandatory voting’ is ‘____________ voting’. Australia has mandatory voting.
  9. 12. A key idea of democracy is to have active and ____________ citizens.
  10. 15. This word has its etymological origins in the Greek language and combines two shorter words which roughly translate to ‘the people’ and ‘power or rule’. We can therefore talk about this concept in relation to ‘people power’.
  11. 16. Someone who is more socially _____________ may support First Nation peoples’ calls for a change to the date of Australia Day.
  12. 18. The name of Rupert Murdoch’s mass media and publishing company that controls over 70% of Australia’s print media, with 150 newspapers, and major newspapers in every capital city (such as The Australian, The Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph).
  13. 20. A lack of ___________ in news media makes for less informed citizens. (hint: this is also a democratic value we considered in our democratic values class discussion.
  14. 22. Someone who is more _____________ conservative is likely to believe in a more traditional family structure of a man and a woman with children. This can also extend to beliefs about the role of women, such as in relation to child-rearing and managing a household.