Former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Murray Gleeson in Recognition in keeping with the Constitution: a worthwhile project opined, “That Indigenous people have a special, and unique, status in the history and the life of the nation is beyond question. That the Constitution is an appropriate place in which to recognise that status is a [...]
Former Liberal Party leader and prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, in his campaign against Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Liberal Party is one of the greatest acts of political disloyalty in Australian history. Through the pursuit of causes close to his heart, Turnbull destabilised a government he was once part of and courted forces openly [...]
Constitutional change does not come easily in Australia by way of referendum. To change the constitution, Australians must vote a majority, for any proposal, in a majority of states. Since Federation, there have been 44 proposals put to a referendum and only 8 have been approved. So where does this leave the referendum on "The [...]
Dr Rachael Kohn AO is a familiar voice for thousands of ABC listeners as the former long time presenter of The Spirit of Things - programs about religion on the ABC, Australia’s national broadcaster. A collection of her essays on many of the topics her program discussed has now been published in her new book [...]
On Tuesday 10 May 2022, Aaron Patrick, Special Correspondent for The Australian financial Review, and Gemma Tognini, Executive Director, GT Communications and a contributor to The Australian spoke for The Sydney Institute in a discussion on the federal election campaign 2022 and how it seemed to be going for the political parties. The two speakers reflected [...]
On Tuesday 10 May 2022, Aaron Patrick, Special Correspondent for The Australian financial Review, and Gemma Tognini, Executive Director, GT Communications and a contributor to The Australian spoke for The Sydney Institute in a discussion on the federal election campaign 2022 and how it seemed to be going for the political parties. The two speakers reflected [...]
Olga Deutsch is the vice president of NGO Monitors, a globally recognised research institute promoting democratic values and good governance that works to ensure that decision makers and civil society operate in accordance with the principles of accountability, transparency, and universal human rights. Over the past 12 years Olga Deutsch has held senior positions in [...]
Australian Federal Police raids on the offices of the ABC and the home of a journalist with The Australian provoked a heated debate over press freedom in Australia during June 2019. Predictably, the debate gained widespread media coverage as the Australian media voiced its collective disapproval of the raids. To offer a more nuanced appraisal [...]
With the NSW Berejiklian Government's win at the state election in March 2019, issues around transport in Sydney and NSW took centre stage as vast underway projects started coming to completion and new projects were started and outlined - from light rail into George Street and the CBD from Randwick to additional Metro routes to [...]
Michael Sexton SC is the NSW Solicitor General and author of The Great Crash: the short life and sudden death of the Whitlam Government. Brad Norington is Associate Editor at The Australian and has been writing about national and international politics over two decades. He was also The Australian’s Washington Correspondent during the Obama presidency. On Monday [...]
