🌏ECPS Interview 🎙️ Dr. Mark Riboldi: State Capture Is Hollowing Out Australian Democracy 📌Interview by Selcuk Gultasli 🧭In this sharp and timely interview with ECPS, Dr. Mark Riboldi (@markriboldi) delivers a sobering assessment of corporate influence in Australian politics. He warns that the “closed loop between politics and corporate power” is eroding democratic legitimacy—and insists reforms like transparent ministerial diaries and tighter post-politics employment rules are essential. 🔍 “One of the biggest problems in Australia—and I think it’s the same in other liberal democracies—is the impact of big business on government,” Dr. Riboldi says. 📢 He calls for bold but believable progressive visions, critiques technocratic drift in the Greens, and explores whether Australia’s electoral system can hold off a populist wave: 🧵 “Australia’s institutions are a stopgap, not an antidote.” 🗞️ Read the full interview → populismstudies.org/dr-ribol… #Populism #Democracy #Australia #StateCapture #Greens #ECPS #CivilSociety #PoliticalReform