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The lure of authenticity: Julia takes a stand
Politics and authenticity mix like oil and water in our poll-driven, sound-bite culture. Yet it could be argued that a hunger for authenticity, for...
Advisers are already held to account
Exposing ministerial advisers to greater public scrutiny may make them more powerful, by giving them a higher profile and opening the distance...
Violence and The Origins of Legislative Authority
This paper reflects a two-fold attempt. Firstly, to give an account of the works of Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt and Slavoz Zizek on Violence....
Combating corruption
The United Nations Global Compact Network Australia has established an Anti-Corruption Leadership Group to help Australian businesses combat bribery...
Revitalising the essence of democracy
The ongoing health of our democracy relies on authentic individuals who seek public office in good faith, genuine parliamentary debate and...
More than luck
More than luck: ideas Australia needs now is a collection of ideas for citizens who want real change and a to-do list for politicians looking to base...
Can kevin rudd hope to keep his hands clean?
Recent debate about Australia’s official response to the phenomenon of asylum seekers fleeing to our shores without official permission has...
Abolition of slavery debate replayed as emissions trading scheme toppled in the house
On 13 August 2009, the Senate defeated the Government’s legislation to establish an emissions trading scheme. Prior to the parliamentary debate...
When sport and politics collide
When the Archbishop of Bulawayo, Pius Ncube, asked Australia’s cricket team not to come to Zimbabwe, questions arose about how Australian...
New parliament heralds chance for reform
One of the best things about the election of a new parliament is that it provides an opportunity to revitalise the heart of our democratic...
Truth, hypocrisy and evolving opinions
The week ahead looks to be ripe with the promise of an escalation in a favourite game of politicians and the media – GOTCHA. If you’ve...
Greed, fear and winning elections
Politics is an art – in form, most like music. We are the instrument, played by politicians of variable skill. Some are crude exponents,...
On ministerial responsibility
While those in government rarely pass up an opportunity to claim responsibility for things that go right, it is also common in the political world...
Truth in government
Within hours of Australia's Federal Election campaign being called, the Prime Minister, Mr Howard and the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Latham, had...
An interview with Watergate whistleblower John W Dean
Watergate whistleblower and former White House Counsel John W Dean knows what happens behind closed doors in a corrupt administration. Recently in...
The perils of debating 'truth' with 'power'
An interesting dilemma arose for us during the production of this edition of Living Ethics that we feel demonstrates both political spin and ethics...
Cynicism imperils politics
Revelations on Wednesday [September 1997] of the involvement of former federal ministers John Sharp and David Jull in the latest round of politicians...
Pandering to public opinion
Is it too unreasonable to hope that politicians look to our interests (and not just our wants) and offer a realistic program for good government. I...
Keys to the kingdom open the coalition to temptation
The great nineteenth century British liberal, Lord Acton, famously observed that: all power tends to corrupt, and absolute power tends to corrupt...
What price a political bargain?
There used to be a time when a life in politics was considered the most noble of all available to a citizen. This was because the politician was...
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