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The Republican presidential contender is an acquired taste. Given the alternative, it's a taste persnickety conservatives should make the effort to acquire
Sep 09 2024
4 mins
The proportions of Aboriginal children and young people placed in a relative or kin placement or with an Aboriginal foster carer have decreased, and the proportion of Aboriginal children who were reunified with their families has declined.
Sep 09 2024
17 mins
The Case for Constitutional Reform
The fact that the Constitution gave Australians a system of government on the British model provided a sufficient indication of an intention to reject altogether the principle of the separation of powers, notwithstanding the close resemblance between the relevant provisions of the Australian Constitution and those of the United States Constitution. – Sir Harry Gibbs (1987)[1]
Constitutional government — government under the rule of law — requires an appropriate separation of powers. However, the Westminster style of government our Founders bequeathed to Australia provides a very weak separation of powers, especially between the legislative and executive branches of government. Under present conditions, few are the laws the Australian governments cannot create and change at pleasure. The effect is that these governments are accountable to no one except, once in every few years. at general elections. It is no wonder why so many of fundamental rights can be ignored and…
The proportions of Aboriginal children and young people placed in a relative or kin placement or with an Aboriginal foster carer have decreased, and the proportion of Aboriginal children who were reunified with their families has declined.
Sep 09 2024
17 mins
We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
