There have been many serious droughts in Australia in the last 200 years. The 1895â1903 drought lasted eight years and caused the death of half of Australia's sheep and forty per cent of its cattle. The 1963â68 drought caused a forty per cent reduction in wheat crops across Australia.
The main reason why direct democracy worked for the ancient Greek city of Athens was because Athens had literate citizens but there were other reasons. This question is archived.
Direct democracy is a political system where the citizens participate in the decision-making personally, contrary to relying on intermediaries or representatives. The use of a lot system, a characteristic of Athenian democracy, is unique to direct democracies.epresentative democracy involves the election of government officials by the people being represented. If the head of state is also democratically elected then it is called a democratic republic. The most common mechanisms involve election of the candidate with a majority or a plurality of the votes.