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1w ago
To most people, the idea of ‘one person, one vote’ is sacrosanct, but could a case be made that in certain circumstances, some voters should have more of a say?
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Open Forum » Politics and Policy
1M ago
Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have been accused of fracturing and distracting society, but a new approach aims to use a similar approach to bring people together to explore consensus solutions.
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Open Forum » Politics and Policy
1M ago
In the face of the continuing controversies and hardships in Australia's refugee and asylum seeker policies and practices, Michael Liffman proposes consideration of an initiative he first suggested over ten years ago. It is not, he notes, an entirely novel idea, and has much in common with the ill-fated Malaysia policy that received such lamentable treatment by Australia’s political processes in 2011.
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Open Forum » Politics and Policy
2M ago
Politics is full of “what ifs?” As Bill Shorten prepares to exit parliament early next year, and Anthony Albanese may be on the path to a minority government, the question invites itself: what if Shorten had won the 2019 election?
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Open Forum » Politics and Policy
2M ago
After the Australian government's unprecedented intervention into the national census, the Australian statistical office will need to do significant work rebuilding the nation’s trust.
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Open Forum » Politics and Policy
2M ago
The idea of taxing personal fortunes has long been discussed to reduce the growing disparity in wealth distribution, but remains unlikely to happen.
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Open Forum » Politics and Policy
2M ago
The twin resurgence of conspiracy theories and political populism in the west is not a coincidence, as both are fed by the same brand of fear and suspicion.
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Open Forum » Politics and Policy
2M ago
Australia is one of the few democracies which insists on every voter turning up at the polls - does this keep our democracy healthy or breed complacency among the political class?
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Open Forum » Politics and Policy
4M ago
Trying to shut down the conspiracy theories poisoning current political and social discourse with laws and regulation isn't working so it may be time to try something different.
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Open Forum » Politics and Policy
4M ago
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade should conduct more long-term evaluations of projects to ensure the effectiveness of its foreign aid program.
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