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Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace is Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra
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We all know about JobKeeper, which helped Australians keep their jobs in a global crisis. So how about HomeKeeper?
Bipartisan support for temporary extra government spending to preserve businesses and jobs through JobKeeper was one of the few positive outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading »
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After Robodebt, here’s how Australia can have a truly ‘frank and fearless’ public service again
The Robodebt Royal Commission revelations have triggered revulsion in all fair-minded Australians. Continue reading »
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Cabinet papers 2000: the Coalition before climate denialism, but on the path to offshore detention
Australian Cabinet papers from 2000, released today, reflect a relatively quiescent Australia where Islamic militancy and offshore detention were barely glimpses on the horizon, and climate science denialism was not a factor in cabinet considerations at all. Continue reading »
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‘Palace letters’ reveal the palace’s fingerprints on the dismissal of the Whitlam government (The Conversation 15.7.2020)
The “palace letters” show the Australian Constitution’s susceptibility to self-interested behaviour by individual vice-regal representatives. They also reveal the vulnerability of Australian governments to secret destabilisation by proxy by the Crown. Continue reading »
