Keywords: Parliamentary Debate
-
AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 15 February 2008
9 Comments
Kevin Rudd should move quickly to open up the appointment process by involving the public and the parliament, just as he is doing in the Australia 2020 exercise. There is a lot of talent to choose from, and it will enhance our democracy.
READ MORE 
-
AUSTRALIA
- Tony Smith
- 12 December 2007
A new government enjoys public goodwill as it tackles a residue of issues, resentments and injustices. How quickly this dissipates is a measure of the sincerity with which the new government operates. Hopes are high for Rudd Labor.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- Ursula Stephens
- 05 December 2007
1 Comment
Labor has adopted social inclusion as an organising
principle of the nation's social and economic policy. Social inclusion
is about recognising that economic prosperity in and of itself is not
enough: it is central to the work of government to make sure that this
prosperity leaves no-one behind.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- Ursula Stephens
- 25 October 2007
4 Comments
Voters want their government to ensure that Australia’s economic prosperity benefits those who most need it. A strong economy is not enough — rather, it is the social economy, made up of nonprofit, community and other organisations working primarily for the common good, that plays a major role in making our country fairer and our local communities stronger.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 19 September 2007
The Coalition leadership controversy shows how easy it is to change leaders in a Westminster parliamentary system. A number of senior Canadian journalists were in Canberra. They were staggered at the power vested in the hands of so few.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 22 August 2007
1 Comment
Flawed process and flawed substance characterise the Northern Territory emergency response legislation, which has been rushed through Parliament in the past fortnight. It raises major questions about whether our parliamentary processes ensure adequate scrutiny of poposed legislation.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- Francis Sullivan
- 27 February 2007
Medibank Private should be sold. It no longer justifies government ownership.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- Francis Sullivan
- 13 November 2006
2 Comments
Last week's conscience vote on human embryo cloning exposed Senators to a level of public scrutiny seldom, unparalleled in normal debates. Many felt exposed and vulnerable, weighed down by the decisions before them.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- Tony Smith
- 07 August 2006
1 Comment
Former Labor minister John Button anticipated the current low point in political discourse, with defenders and critics of government policy having lost the capacity to engage in dialogue, particularly in the field of public morality.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- Jack Waterford
- 05 June 2006
By any standards it seems a fine kettle of fish. Most of the intelligence gathered by two of the best-equipped nations on earth seems to have been false.
READ MORE