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public opinion

Opinion Polls Are Not Destroying Democracy

November 17, 2015

The University of Melbourne's Jim Middleton argues opinion polls aren't to blame for leadership instability in Australia.

Opinion
security, short-termism

Don't Rush In, Think About the Bigger Picture

November 16, 2015

The University of Melbourne's Denis Dragovic argues governments should consider any military response to the Paris attacks carefully.

Opinion
security

War Comes Home

November 15, 2015

The Paris attacks were a ghastly media spectacular. John Keane from the University of Sydney asks: What will be the broader historical significance in Europe and further afield?

Opinion
deliberative democracy, citizen juries, citizen reengagement

Governments Have Lost the Art of Involving the People

November 9, 2015

South Australia's Premier Jay Weatherill argues democracy isn't in crisis, but the public need to be more involved in solutions.

Opinion
industrial democracy

Democracy in the Workplace is Dead

November 11, 2015

The University of Melbourne's Bill Harley argues workers are no more able to control their workplaces than they've ever been.

Opinion
globalisation, migration

Good Democracy is Challenged by Mass Migration

October 29, 2015

Erika Feller, Former Assistant High Commissioner of the UNHCR, argues mass migration will be a significant litmus test of the strength and resilience of our democratic systems. 

Opinion
citizen disengagement, democratic deficit, leadership

AJPA - Virtual Issue on Democracy

November 3, 2015

Is democracy in crisis? Democracy Renewal's Cathy Harper and James Cahill consider evidence in the Australian Journal of Public Administration.

Academic
think tanks, transparency, education

Are Think Tanks Undermining Australian Democracy?

October 28, 2015

The University of Melbourne's Glenn Savage argues think tanks are influencing education policy, and we often don't know who's funding them.

Opinion
tax reform, economic inequality

Income and Property Tax Should be Increased, Not the GST

November 3, 2015

Former Victorian Labor MP and Ministerial Adviser, Graham Ihlein, argues for major tax reform to improve democracy, but not by raising the GST.

Opinion

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