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1.1KEconomyThe Governor’s Legacy
The life of Peter Underwood was recently honoured by a State funeral, with eulogies to a distinguished lawyer, Chief Justice and respected...
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1.1KEconomy
Elizabeth Warren is Special
*Picture, here There is no one in American public life quite like the Senator for Massachusetts. A Harvard law professor who brings...
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1.0KEconomy
Public opinion and democracy
Richard Cooke, writing in the June edition of The Monthly ( The People v the Political Class, here ), condemns politicians for...
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1.0KEconomy
Sacred Promises
After 70 years in and out of government the Liberal Party remains deeply uncertain about egalitarian values; it has never been able...
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1.1KCoroner & Legal
Whither the Liberal Conscience?
Some observers would be surprised to see Senator George Brandis in conflict with leaders of ethnic and religious communities – including Greek,...
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1.3KHistory
Moral values and religious doctrines
Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach, 1517. In most social and political disputes religion plays no role – we defend our views by...
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954Economy
Where the rot begins
( Drawing together threads from papers on party unity, conscience votes and Edmund Burke’s theory of political duty. ) The idea is...
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1.0KHistory
Justification and excuse
Ideas matter; they shape the fate of individuals and the destiny of nations. Take John Howard’s alternative reason for the Iraq War...
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883History
Should freedom ignore fairness?
Delacroix, Liberty leading the people, 1830, Louvre. At the heart of liberal thinking is a deep commitment to freedom, and the idea...
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855National
The Nation: The idea of a mandate
Since the election there has been much talk of the government’s ‘mandate’. It underlies two claims; first that a government has no...
