Australians acted passionately when debating one word in verse one, yet verse two barely raises an eyebrow. It’s the controversy we need to have
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National Cabinet is meeting today to discuss hospital funding, and the interconnected issues of NDIS reform and GST allocation. But how are hospitals actually funded? And what’s GST got to do with it?
Outgoing New Zealand MP Jamie Strange used his valedictory speech to propose a trans-Tasman political union. Wondering how that might work reveals just how different the two countries really are.
While some prime ministers loom large in the public imagination, others are largely forgotten. Why were they so unremarkable- and is that fair?
National cabinet, like COAG before it, had early success that then dissolved into discord. It will survive the pandemic - but the question is whether it will be effective.
The national plan is not set in stone. States will make their own decisions about complying with it - including on border closures.
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Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in History, Deakin University
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Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Monash University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Australian Political Studies, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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