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Peter Browne (pbrowne@swin.edu.au)
Amanda Lawrence (alawrence@swin.edu.au)
Penelope Aitken (paitken@swin.edu.au)

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David Burchell, Institute for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney

Brian Costar, Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology

John Spoehr, Australian Institute for Social Research, University of Adelaide

George Williams, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales

Julian Thomas, Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology

Rod Tiffen, Discipline of Politics and International Relations, University of Sydney

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Rethinking the Rules Governing Australia
16 March 2010

Australian citizens are being asked to provide input into a nation-wide
discussion about how to improve the rules governing our country.

Rethink Australia spokesperson Rodger Hills, says the time has come to
review the way Australia is run. “As citizens, we have a responsibility to
plan for a brighter future and a more enlightened democratic process than
the one we have inherited from our fore bearers.”

Rethink Australia has released a public discussion paper today to provide
the basis for dialogue and deliberation amongst members of the public over

Secrecy law reforms strike a blow to old culture of government secrecy
12 March 2010

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16 February 2010

RMIT University in Melbourne runs a degree program where groups of
communication research‐trained students work on a communication research
project for a not‐for‐profit client.

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