I've been hearing more and more recently from ex-journos etc. on Twitter and other platforms suggesting that there is a huge echo chamber in Canberra between th

I've been hearing more and more recently from ex-journos etc. on Twitter and other platforms suggesting that there is a huge echo chamber in Canberra between the press gallery and the politicians, and in general they regard the population to be a lot more right-wing and a lot more biased towards authoritarianism than they actually are... I think everything from this massive overreach of surveillance, to the same-sex marriage stuff, to the recent leadership spill (and the resulting dive in polls) seems to indicate this might be the case. We really need to get more people sending letters or contacting their MPs to give them more data points of how normal people actually feel about these issues! I fear political apathy is a bit of a self-fulfilling cycle - the more people think talking to their MPs won't change anything (and don't bother), the less their views will be represented.