It's not over yet, page-256

"Australians have never been better educated, more skeptical of politicians and media"

good grief, that is just patently trite. You're talking about the entirety of Australian political history from the position of disinterested onlooker. Do you really think we compare with the awakening of political consciousness we have seen in previous periods like the 1960's, 70's, 80's for example.

In large part, media, like advertising, is sculpted to work upon the subconscious.