---
title: Online Direct Democracy Australia
type: party
status: inactive
country: AU
website: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.onlinedirectdemocracy.org
summary: An Australian direct democracy electoral organisation that stood candidates
  on a platform of replacing the representative system with online direct citizen
  voting — the domain is now squatted.
concepts:
- direct-democracy
- e-government
- liquid-democracy
location:
  latitude: -33.8688
  longitude: 151.2093
  name: Australia
  precision: city
events:
- date: '2007-01-01'
  title: Founded as "Senator Online"; later renamed Online Direct Democracy in 2015
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Direct_Democracy
  quote: The party contested the 2007 and 2013 federal elections as Senator Online.
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-10'
  notable: true
- date: '2020-12-01'
  title: Deregistered as a political party
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Direct_Democracy
  quote: Online Direct Democracy – (Empowering the People!) was a registered Australian
    political party.
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-10'
  notable: true
---

Online Direct Democracy Australia was a direct democracy advocacy and electoral organisation that promoted online citizen voting as a structural replacement for representative democracy. It stood candidates at Australian elections.

The organisation argued that digital technology made it practical for citizens to vote directly on legislation rather than delegating that power to elected representatives.

## Links

- Archive: [onlinedirectdemocracy.org (Wayback Machine)](https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.onlinedirectdemocracy.org) — domain now squatted

## See also

- [Direct Democracy](../concepts/direct-democracy.md)
- [E-Government](../concepts/e-government.md)
- [Liquid Democracy](../concepts/liquid-democracy.md)