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Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace is Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra
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All ‘commit’ and no ‘disagree’: the real reason why Labor’s solidarity pledge is not working
The Australian Labor Party’s solidarity pledge is being widely sledged in the wake of Western Australian Senator Fatima Payman’s resignation from caucus. Continue reading »
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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 »
