One of the clear learnings from the same-sex marriage plebiscite was that there is a strong case for clarifying the rules around the function and operation of plebiscites in Australia".

Appleby, Reilly and Grenfell,Australian Public Law(Oxford University Press, 3rded, 2019), 169.

Does the use of plebiscites support or threaten Australian representative democracy?Answer by reference to the concept of representative democracy and the function and operation of plebiscites.