Time to Listen An Indigenous Voice to Parliament by Melissa Castan, Lynette Russell
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Category: Politics | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
In 2023, debate about an Indigenous Voice to Parliament swirls around us as Australia heads towards a referendum on amending the Constitution to make this Voice a reality. The idea of a ' First Nations Voice' was famously raised in 2017, when Indigenous leaders drafted the Statement from the Heart-- als ...Show more
On the Voice to Parliament by Charles Prouse
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Category: Politics
Australia is on the brink of a landmark decision to establish a First Nations Voice to Parliament that will be enshrined in the Constitution. From there, treaty-making and truth-telling will follow. But how do we cut through the debate, get to the heart of the issue and vote in the best interests of In ...Show more
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the American Century by Beverley Gage
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Category: Politics
When he became director of the FBI in 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was a dazzling wunderkind buzzing with big ideas for reform. He transformed a failing law-enforcement backwater, riddled with scandal, into a modern machine. He believed in the power of the federal government to do great things for the nation a ...Show more
Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service by Tom Petch
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Category: Politics
'Awesome!' ANDY McNAB | 'You must read this book' Colonel TIM COLLINS OBE | 'Extraordinary' Sir RANULPH FIENNESForget what you thought you knew. Discover the REAL story of how the SAS was created.From ex-SAS Commander Tom Petch, this is the never-before-told story of how the world's preeminent Special F ...Show more
Spin Dictators by Daniel Treisman; Sergei Guriev
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Category: Politics
Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticated, globally connected world. In place of overt, mass repression, rulers such as Vladimir Putin, Recap Tayyip Erdog ...Show more
Griffith Review 81 the Leisure Principle by GRIFFITH
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Category: Politics | Series: Griffith Review Ser.
In 1930, John Maynard Keynes spelt out a vision of the impending utopia. Work, he said, will become a thing of the past. ‘For the first time since creation,’ he predicted, ‘man will be faced with his real, his permanent problem — how to occupy the leisure which science…will have won for him.’So where di ...Show more
21st-Century Virtues: How They Are Failing Our Democracy by Lucinda Holdforth
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Category: Politics | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Authenticity. Vulnerability. Humility. Transparency. These are some of the 21st-century virtues proselytised by mindset gurus, paraded (if not practised) by big corporations, and lauded by professionals on LinkedIn. The quest for authenticity, for example, is central to progressive campaigns for greater ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 91: Lifeboat: Disability, Humanity and the NDIS by Micheline Lee
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Category: Politics
What ails the NDIS? In this powerful essay, Micheline Lee tells the story of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), a transformative social change that ran into problems. For some users it has been an "oasis in the desert," but for others it has meant still more exclusion. Lee explains how a ...Show more
The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace by Sam Roggeveen
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Category: Politics
In the wake of a shift in the global power balance, how can Australia best protect itself?Amid China's rise and America's decline in Asia, what will happen to Australia?In this authoritative account, defence expert and insider Sam Roggeveen questions the claim that Australia is vulnerable to China's mil ...Show more
Modern Warfare: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special: Lessons from Ukraine by Sir Lawrence Freedman
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Category: Politics
The foremost authority on modern war in the English-speaking world examines Europe's most important conflict since World War IIMore than any other modern war, the fight between Russia and Ukraine has been a tough testing ground for modern weapons and operational concepts.Drawing on extensive research in ...Show more
Red White and Blown Is the US a Cult? by Guy Rundle
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Category: Politics | Series: The\Crikey Read Ser.
From renowned journalist Guy Rundle, Red, White and Blown is a piercing and provocative investigation into the United States' resolute failure to reckon with its own divisions and blind spots. Interrogating the political events of the 2022 midterm elections as well as their cultural and historical backd ...Show more
Meanjin Vol 82, No 2
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Category: Politics
Meanjin Winter 2023 marks a new direction for the journal. It's the first edition to reframe The Meanjin Paper as a piece by a First Nations Elder that greets us the moment we sit down to read. It's the first to introduce new sections that assess the state of the nation, welcome experiments, and cast a ...Show more