>right to participate in the democratic process

You mean the same democratic process that passed this bill when literally 99% of the responses within the consultation period were against it?

Or maybe you're talking about the democratic process where our opposition agreed to pass this bill even though they thought it was badly thought-out and needed amendments which were promised to happen in February but still haven't, in return for our government not allowing doctors to see sick people in our secret offshore prisons that almost nobody supports.

I'm being facetious of course, but as an Australian citizen I haven't felt represented here for a long time.