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The article analyzes democracy with reference to the election of Victorian premiere Jeff Kennett and the functioning of his government. Though the strategy adopted by Kennett government was legally democratic, the governance eroded the opportunity for public debates. Governance can be overlapped with leadership and other practices within a wider area of democracy without proper realization. But franchise means not only the duty to vote for the public. It also denotes the capacity to participate in governance procedures through public debates.