Publications

In John Menadue’s Pearls and Irritations (6.10.16), Graeme Orr writes: ‘After decades of halting debate, the momentum for political finance reform has never been greater. At

Jolanda Jetten and TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, Frank Mols, write in The Conversation (4.10.16) about the increasing calls in many developed countries, including Australia, for

The ABC’s Casey Briggs and Sharnie Kim report (26.9.16) on calls for reform of Queensland’s foster care system, in the wake of the murder case involving

TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, Graeme Orr, writes in The Conversation (15.9.16) about the federal government’s proposed plebiscite on same-sex marriage, arguing that the public vote

The ABC’s Chris O’Brien reports (15.9.16) on the latest moves in the state Parliament from the Katter’s Australian Party to progress the idea of separate statehood

Dennis Altman writes in The Conversation (13.9.16) about the uncertainty surrounding the federal government’s proposed national plebiscite on same-sex marriage, after Labor and the Greens both

Denis Muller writes in The Conversation (12.9.16) about the highly contested issue of freedom of speech, arguing that the efforts of some politicians and sections of

Brian McNair comments in the Brisbane Times (9.9.16) on the influence that the media, and in particular digital and social media, have upon the increasingly fragmented

Jane Goodall writes in Inside Story (9.9.16) about the release of the biography of federal Labor MP, Anthony Albanese. The article’s author contends that “the story

Fergus Hunter and Matthew Knott report in the Brisbane Times (6.9.16) on the implications of proposed changes to Australia’s political donation rules, as debate over donations

Tim Colebatch writes in Inside Story (2.9.16) about Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s desire to govern from the political ‘centre’, despite a fragmented and finely balanced federal

Benjamin Moffitt writes in The Conversation (29.8.16) about the global rise of populist politics. The author argues that, while once a fringe phenomenon from another era or