The re-election of a Labor Government at the 2014 South Australian state election came as a surprise to many. This paper provides an overview of the election campaigns and the results. Executive summary The re-election of a Labor Government at the 2014 South Australian (SA) state election came as a surprise to many. Opinion polls...

This document identifies and outlines the key issues currently confronting the Australian federal government: Asylum seekers, Turnbull/Palmer dinner, Minimum wage, University fees and Diesel rebate speculation

Summary: The broadcaster, former Monthly editor and indomitable host of our Fifth Estate events series takes her distinctive brand of political and cultural savvy to the new Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka. In this superbly suitable setting, Sally talks about her edited collection, Well May We Say: The Speeches that Made Australia, with M.A.D.E’s...

This paper will outline, particularly from the community perspective the problems with planning shifting from planners to politicians and away from the balance between planners, politicians and community that it should be.

GIVEN the predilection of Australian voters to give an incumbent the benefit of the doubt, by far the hardest task in politics is winning government from opposition. With meagre resources and faced by governments that have an entire bureaucracy on call, an opposition leader who comes from behind to take line honours does so in...