Politics
Article
How Turnbull-in-freefall became Malcolm the strategic genius
The PM knows that voters have a simple question in mind when they enter the polling booth THE LATEST edition of Tony Abbott’s “no sniping” tour, on Monday night, saw the former prime minister explain to Sky News that it’s “very easy” for him “to campaign for the Turnbull government.” That’s because the Turnbull government...
Discussion paper
No politics at aunty’s table: depoliticising the governance of the ABC
This discussion paper analyses the governance of the ABC, how some aspects have become political battlefields, and ways to depoliticise them.
Essay
Gough Whitlam’s vision of social democracy: Parliament and party
This paper explores the international shift away from social democracy in the late 1970s through the modern 'growth as consumption' economic mindset that has resulted in intense individualism, and a collapse of socially and environmentally attuned policy-making.
Article
How culture grows effective outcomes
Te Whānau O Waipareira is working with SVA Consulting to build an outcomes management culture and strategy to measure what really matters for Māori families in West Auckland.
Report
Room for a view: democracy as a deliberative system
Democratic reform comes in waves, propelled by technological, economic, political and social developments. There are periods of rapid change, followed by relative quiet. We are currently in a period of significant political pressure for change to our institutions of democracy and government. With so many changes under discussion it is critically important that those proposing...