In this essay, Dr Mary Edmunds draws together the history, circumstance, culture, principles and practice surrounding the Northern Territory Intervention. Key to her argument is that the Northern Territory Intervention has, for all of its drawbacks, provided an opportunity to review and re-approach how government enables or prevents the exercise of Aboriginal human rights.

This paper focuses on lending to households in Australia and particularly on the largest household debt market - the one trillion dollar home loan market which constitutes around sixty percent of Australian banks’ assets.

This report examines the contractual relationship between governments and non-for-profit organisations for the provision of services, particularly employment services.

This project sought to consider the existing research on young Australians’ participation in democracy. This was undertaken with the purpose of developing a series of recommendations to promote the active citizenship and participation of young people in the democratic life of Australia.

This is the first essay in a series called 'Perspectives' which have been commissioned by the Whitlam Institute within the University of Western Sydney. Author, John Quiggin, proposes a long term response to the global financial crisis which shifts the risks from individuals and families and places the hand of government firmly on the economic...