By Kevin Andrews - Australian Polity - Volume 2 (Number 2)
In 1883, the Irish nationalist, John Redmond MP, together with his brother William, toured the Australian colonies, urging support for Irish home rule. He had been despatched the year before by the Irish National Land League as a delegate to Australia to promote the cause and raise funds.
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By Kevin Andrews - Australian Polity - Volume 2 (Number 2)
Edmund Burke once lamented that “the days of sophists, calculators and economists are upon us.”
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By Kevin Andrews - Australian Polity - Volume 2 (Number 2)
According to Confucius, the three things necessary for government are weapons, food and trust.
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By Kevin Andrews - Australian Polity - Volume 2 (Number 2)
The “soft” totalitarian impulse of the political left has been evident for a long time.
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By Kevin Andrews - Australian Polity - Volume 2 (Number 2)
Since electricity was first turned on at Yallourn in 1924, the LaTrobe Valley was transformed from a series of small towns serving surrounding farming communities to the power hub of Victoria.
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By Peter Dutton - Australian Polity - Volume 2 (Number 1)
The Gillard Government is preparing the ground for what has been described as a “horror” May budget.
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By Kevin Andrews - Australian Polity - Volume 2 (Number 1)
“I’ve often wondered about the shyness of some of us in the west about standing for these ideals that have done so much to ease the plight of man and the hardships of an imperfect world,” Ronald Reagan once observed.
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By Marise Payne - Australian Polity - Volume 2 (Number 1)
COAG was to be the vehicle to drive a number of bold reforms in Labor’s first term.
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By Dr Sandra Mercer Moore - Australian Polity - Volume 2 (Number 1)
With rapid population ageing in Australia and its consequent need for health services, there is a widening gap between the availability of allied health workers such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech pathologists and the demand for their services.
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By Kevin Andrews - Australian Polity - Volume 2 (Number 1)
Over the past year, a series of European leaders have denounced “multiculturalism” as a failed and divisive policy.
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