Publications

In an opinion piece in The New York Times (29.8.16) Fredrik Logevall and Kenneth Osgood rue the decline of political history courses in American universities: ‘Knowledge of our

In an article in The Conversation (25.8.16), Marian Sawer examines Australia’s decline in the representation of women in the national partliament compared to other countries. ‘Australia continues

Mark Triffitt writes in The Conversation (26.8.16) about some of the implications for our democratic system from the 2016 federal election results, arguing that major reforms

In this Commentary, Roger Scott writes that the Queensland election results ‘were broadly in line with the dominant role of the LNP’s conservative wing in appealing

The TJRyan Foundation seminar, ‘Indigenous Human Rights: 1966-2016, and Beyond’, was held on 27 September 2016. In the discussion at the end of the seminar, Professor Margaret

Tim Colebatch writes in Inside Story (4.8.16) about the ripples of fearfulness that have propelled Pauline Hanson to unexpected success, after the final make-up of the

Gregory Melleuish writes in The Conversation (3.8.16) about the agitation within the Coalition’s ranks, seen before and since the federal election, for a breakaway grouping of

Ryan Goss writes in The Conversation (2.8.16) about the desired form and legal ramifications of a national plebiscite on the issue of marriage equality. ‘In August

TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, Chris Salisbury, writes (31.7.16) about the political wash-up from the federal election, now that the final electorate result has been declared

Michelle Grattan writes in The Conversation (31.7.16) about the finalised election recount in the north Queensland seat of Herbert, where Labor’s Cathy O’Toole has won by

With the Electoral Commission’s vote recount continuing in the north Queensland seat of Herbert, and amid startling claims of Attorney General George Brandis crossing quasi-judicial boundaries and

Peter Ellerton writes in The Conversation (21.7.16) about the apparently increasing proliferation of extreme or controversial views being heard amidst political and social discourse in Australia