Publications

In the lead up to former Prime Minister Bob Hawke’s memorial service on Friday 14.6.19, the Machinery of Government blog has produced a series of reflections

Rebecca Ananian-Welsh writes in The Conversation (5.6.19) about the recent series of raids by Australian Federal Police on journalists and the ABC, arguing that these actions

In the wake of the 2019 federal election, at which Queensland voters swung to the Coalition and Labor’s standing took a hit, Jason Wilson writes in

The TJ Ryan Foundation extends an invitation to our subscribers to attend the Brisbane book launch of Iola Mathews’ ‘Winning for Women’. The book is a personal

Throughout the 2019 federal election campaign, The Conversation is running a series of articles examining the key political issues and policy debates arising each day, with analysis from

In the first of a new series examining the Coalition government’s record on key policy issues, Rob Manwaring writes in The Conversation (8.4.19) that, in terms

The ABC’s Brett Worthington reports (26.3.19) on revelations that Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party sought millions of dollars in political donations from US gun lobby groups, including the

Anne Twomey writes in The Conversation (12.2.19) about the passage of the so-called asylum seeker ‘medevac’ bill through the House of Representatives, suggesting that the federal government’s

Vanessa Whittaker and colleagues comment on the ABC’s website (8.2.19) about the aversion in Australian politics – predominantly on the conservative side – to promote women

TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, and UQ Law School Professor, Graeme Orr, has authored a revised and updated edition of his highly regarded examination of Australia’s

The ABC’s Allyson Horn reports (1.1.19) on the release by the Queensland State Archives of the 1988 Cabinet papers of the Ahern government. The documents show

Katharine Murphy reports in The Guardian (26.12.18) that, while Australia has not succumbed to the populism shaking other western democracies, the major parties here – and especially