27 January 2012This paper canvasses opinions and issues arising from the proposed ban on political donations from third party interest groups in the Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Amendment Bill 2011, currently before the NSW Parliament, with particular reference to the implied freedom of political communication under the Commonwealth Constitution.
Commentary
What's data got to do with it? Reassessing the NT intervention
25 January 2012Income management should be one of the easier programs to measure writes Eva Cox for The Conversation.
Piracy and prosecution: Ringing in Kim Dotcom
25 January 2012Journalists have found their demon figure in the form of an anti-copyright maestro writes Binoy Kampmark for APO.
Margaret Thatcher, between myth and politics
24 January 2012The Iron Lady's portrayal of Britain’s most divisive modern prime minister fits a broader mood of reappraisal of her years in power, says David Hayes in Inside Story