Kristine Klugman

Dr Kristine (Kris) Klugman OAM has been President of Civil Liberties Australia since 2003 and is coordinator of communications for its National Human Rights Act campaign. Her PhD in Politics at ANU analysed the two-way communication flow between MPs and electors. Earlier degrees were in Community Studies, and History. Kris’s OAM in 1987 was for ‘services to education and the community’.

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The politics of kindness and fairness

The politics of kindness and fairness

Aside from cheering and the long list of thank yous that accompanied Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s 2025 election victory speech, the quote that really cut through was: “…the Australian voters have voted for fairness, aspiration and opportunity for all, for the strength to show courage in adversity and kindness to those in need”.

How can we recognise the value of Australian citizenship more?

How can we recognise the value of Australian citizenship more?

September 17 was Australian Citizenship day, but it went unnoticed by most. Yet alongside gender and Indigeneity, multiculturalism stands as the third dimension of our national identity. The date is the anniversary of the renaming, in 1973, of the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 to the Australian Citizenship Act 1948.