Max Atkinson - Tasmanian Times

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Governments have a right and duty to pursue national interests. But they also have a responsibility to respect community values and the...

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Tasmania is in the unusual position of being governed by a Liberal party in which a backbencher wields the balance of power....

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*Pic: Flickr, Stephan, Pyongyang, North Korea … First published July 15 Few events could better remind us of the brutality of North...

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*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner ‘Populism’ is widely understood to mean support for the concerns of ordinary people,...

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Should public opinion determine policy? 13

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*Pic: Public domain, Flickr, Christopher Dombres Political philosophy, like other realms of moral philosophy, deals with issues which cannot be settled by...

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A concerned politician’s guide to donations reform 16

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A concerned politician’s guide to donations reform

*Pic: Image from HERE ‘I think what the Australian political system needs is a real shock to the system. It needs shaking...

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How political donations distort democracy 19

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How political donations distort democracy

*Pic: Federal Parliament, Canberra. Both pics from parliamentary websites … State Parliament’s House of Assembly … Recent revelations that a Labor frontbencher...