Search results for "beyond federation"
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Beyond Federation: An educational and informative multi-question plebiscite?
Klaas Woldring | March 18, 2016Why should the public only be questioned on the one topic of same sex marriage, if we could cover a whole range of issues at the same time? Klaas Woldring can’t think of a more direct form of democracy.
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Beyond Federation
Klaas Woldring | March 9, 2015A group of citizens has been exploring several models without state government under the label “beyond federation”. Klaas Woldring explains who they are and where they want to go.
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Beyond Ukraine: Three security challenges that must set Biden’s agenda
James Arvanitakis | January 31, 2022While the dark shadow of Russia looms over Ukraine, US President Joe Biden must also keep in mind a wider range of internal, external and existential challenges at home and abroad.
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Beyond ANZAC: What really shaped our nation?
Marilyn Lake | April 25, 2018Australia’s reputation as one of the first progressive democracies in the world may have been forged peacefully, but is nonetheless worthy of commemoration.
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Agriculture beyond the farm gate
Professor Michael Friend | November 21, 2017As we celebrate Australian agriculture today #AgDay, Director of the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Professor Michael Friend writes about the value of the sector beyond the farm gate and the important role of research across the value chain.
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Replacing Federation: Why and with what?
Klaas Woldring | November 14, 2017Is it time to move on from federation? Constitutional expert Klaas Woldring argues that there are 3 major reasons to update the order and suggests a more productive model of government would be a two-tier system.
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Australia – a new federation, a new republic, a new hope
David Thorp | June 17, 2016Is it time to abolish the States? The political and constitutional barriers are large. David Thorp offers an alternative vision for Australia that he thinks could inspire the majority of voters.
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My vision for Australia – a Fair Go for all
Max Thomas | May 4, 2015Do we need constitutional change? Max Thomas says the existing arrangements that served us well in the past are not well suited to our position in the contemporary world.
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Vision for Australia
editor | March 31, 2015Today we are reaching out to every Australian as we embark on a major initiative to create a narrative and execute a vision for Australia.
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The four waves of feminism
Open Forum | March 15, 2024Feminist history is generally packaged as a story of “waves”, the first lasting from the mid-19th century to 1920. The second wave spanned the 1960s to the early 1980s. The third wave began in the mid-1990s and lasted until the 2010s and some say we are experiencing a fourth wave in the online age of today.
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The horror, the horror
Jon Richardson | February 23, 2024Unmarked graves, abducted children, raped women, murdered civilians, blasted landscapes, deserted towns, violent repression and cultural erasure are just part of the devastating toll of Russia’s bestial invasion of Ukraine.
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No retreat, no surrender
Elis Vllasi | February 2, 2024A Western-imposed peace deal in Ukraine which hands Vladimir Putin Ukrainian territory in return for a ceasefire will only feed Russia’s insatiable hunger for land – as it did with Serbia after the Balkan Wars 20 years ago.
