Volume 11 Number 9 September 28 - October 25 2015
Associate Professor Sarah Maddison from the University of Melbourne’s School of Social and Political Sciences writes that successive federal governments have called into question the values that lie at the very heart of Australia’s hard-won and cherished democratic freedoms.
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Volume 11 Number 8 August 10 - September 13 2015
At a time when civil wars rage around the world and the right of foreign countries to intervene remains controversial, Australian-based research is set to break new ground. Gabrielle Murphy reports.
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Volume 11 Number 7 July 13 - August 9 2015
Dr Mark Triffitt says a new website, to be launched by the Melbourne School of Government, will help unlock the often complex and sometimes arcane debate about what’s wrong with contemporary democracy and how to fix it.
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Volume 11 Number 6 June 8 - July 13 2015
Melbourne Law School’s Dr Tess Hardy writes that to protect the rights of agricultural workers key market players, such as high-profit supermarkets and fast food chains, need to work with government to shoulder some regulation responsibilities.
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Volume 11 Number 4 April 13 - May 10 2015
This year is the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, which effectively established English Common Law and brought all men, king and commoner alike, to live subject to the laws of the land. Andy Walsh previews a forthcoming lecture on the document and its legacy by leading British legal historian Paul Brand.
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Volume 11 Number 3 March 9 - April 12 2015
In recent years, events at sea, on Nauru and Manus Island have seen Australian asylum-seeker policy come under sharp public scrutiny. And although the boats may have stopped, over 50 million refugees remain scattered around the world. University of Melbourne researchers believe it’s time to change the face of the debate. By Elizabeth Brumby.
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Volume 11 Number 2 February 9 - March 8 2015
With the question of treatment of child refugees continuing to prick our national conscience, a new historical study explores how visual imagery of this vexed and divisive issue has changed over time and continues to impact government policy. By Gabrielle Murphy.
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Volume 11 Number 1 January 12 - February 8 2015
Experts in economics, management, health and education explore the pressing changes that will face the recently elected Andrews Labor government in 2015. These views were first published in fuller form on the Election Watch Victoria website.
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