Annabel Crabb's Civic Duty: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Australians rarely pause to appreciate the miracle behind the ballot box. How often do we stop and marvel at what we've built? How many of us know that the familiar, uncontroversial features of our electoral system are – in global terms – highly unusual? And how many of us have heard the rollicking backstories of the democratic dreamers and reformed felons behind it?

Across three episodes Annabel Crabb's Civic Duty unearths the individuals and stories that combine to make Australian democracy globally unique, like our invention of the secret ballot, our adoption of preferential and compulsory voting, and our peculiar attachment to sausages.

Annabel travels both here and abroad to investigate how the politics of our parliament have changed thanks to political leaders, the media landscape – but most of all - the power of the Australian people.

Series details

• Title: Annabel Crabb's Civic Duty
• Format: Documentary
• Premiere date: 2025-11-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2025-11-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: ABC iview
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 49 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 87510
• TVDB ID: 468679

Cast and credited roles

• Annabel Crabb — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-11-10; final listed air date 2025-11-10; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Annabel Crabb's Civic Duty on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.