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Democracy Are You In? credits

This film was created with the support of our contributors:  

AAP / Loren Elliott / Reuters 

AAP / Mick Tsikas 

Aaron Francis / Newspix 

ABC 

Adelaide Hills Council 

AFPTV via Getty Images 

Alex Zucco / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images 

Ann Moran / Newspix 

AP via AAP / Rob Griffith 

Asanka Ratnayake / Getty Images 

Asanka Brendon Ratnayake / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images 

Ashlee Zadow  

Auscape / Universal Images Group via Getty Images 

Auslan Stage Left 

Australia Day Council of South Australia 

Australian Electoral Commission 

Australian Marriage Equality  

Australian Parliament House  

Avon Dissanayake  

Bob Brown Foundation 

Bloomberg Video via Getty Images 

Brett Faulkner / Newspix 

Brook Mitchell / Getty Images 

Burwood Council / Lunar New Year Street Party 2025 

Cassandra Hannagan / WireImage via Getty Images 

Chloe Hayden 

chris24 / Alamy Stock Photo 

Chris Hopkins / The Age 

Christian Petersen / Getty Images 

Cordell Jigsaw Productions via Getty Images 

Country to Couture, 2024, Indigenous Fashion Projects 

Daniel Boud 

David Gray / AFP via Getty Images 

David Gray / Bloomberg via Getty Images  

Deakin Residential Services 

Dean Marzolla / Newspix 

Don Arnold / Getty Images 

Ed Gorwell  

Eddie Jim / The Age 

Ezra Shaw / Getty Images 

Felicity Elliott / AFL Photos via Getty Images 

Flame Media via Getty Images 

GG’s Flowers 

Guide Dogs SA/NT 

Isabella Lettini / Newspix 

James D. Morgan / Getty Images 

James Gourley / Getty Images 

Jamila Toderas / Getty Images 

Jenny Evans / Getty Images 

John Feder / Newspix 

Justin McManus / The Age 

Kenneth Hall / Getty Images 

Lisa Maree Williams / Getty Images 

Marrickville Peace Group / Jon Atkins 

Matthew Newton / Bob Brown Foundation  

Michael Dodge / Getty Images 

Michael Masters / Getty Images 

Michael Willson / AFL Media / Getty Images 

Morne de Klerk / Getty Images 

Nadir Kinani / Newswire / Newspix 

National Library Australia / Justin McManus, from the series: Black Saturday bushfires, Victoria, February 2009 

No New Stadium 

NSW Department of Communities and Justice (the characters depicted are fictitious)  

Parrtjima 2023  

Paul McMillan 

Quinn Rooney / Getty Images 

Richard I'Anson / Getty Images 

Rob Walls / Alamy Stock Photo 

Ryan Pierse / Getty Images 

Saeed Khan / AFP via Getty Images 

Sam Mooy / Getty Images 

SA Unions / Sean Hill 

SBS 

Sean Burges / Alamy Stock Photo 

Sean Foster / Getty Images 

Sean Sweeney / Sweeney Interpreting 

Scott Barbour / Getty Images 

Seek  

Simon Schluter / The Age 

@somers3927 / Spectee via Getty Images UGC 

Stuart McEvoy / Newspix 

Swim Brothers  

Sylvia Nulpinditj / Yolŋu Radio 

The Aqua English Project 

The Footage Company / Nine Network Australia 

The Kennedy family 

Transport Workers’ Union NSW 

Wanagi Zable-Andrews / Knitting Nannas 

Wendell Teodoro / Getty Images 

Wheelchair Rugby Australia 

William West / AFP via Getty Images