As I canvass this issue amongst my colleagues, I am assailed with a plethora of negatives ranging from elitist arguments that citizens are really not informed enough to arrive at sound policy decisions on complex matters, to fears about the power of the media to distort referenda. They also point to the danger of big business and big unions expending undue resources to influence the vote. All these arguments, of course, challenge the concept of democracy itself. They were used to justify undemocratic houses and to deny women and minority groups equal rights. The very essence of democracy is its belief in the worth of ordinary people, that they are capable of self government.
Money has enormous influence on political parties, but has very little influence on the electors.
The people with direct democracy are not concerned in big money or big power - because it does not affect them anyway. Below is information from the Sydney Morning Herald and Mr Frank Walker's releases to his electorate prior his being elected by the people of his electorate to represent them in the Parliament. Frank Walker, previously New South Wales MP Attorney General became the Federal Member for the Central Coast seat of Robertson. The seat was in danger of being won by the Democrats. He was there to represent what they wanted.