Category: Politics
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The Australian Constitution protects (some of) our rights
The Australian Constitution is distinctive in many ways. These are explored below; for further reading, we suggest the The Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution. One feature of obvious comparative interest is the lack of constitutional rights protection. In contrast to constitutions elsewhere, the Australian Constitution contains no preamble, no explicit statements of value, and…
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Australian Foreign Policy and the New International Disorder
Australia’s foreign policy elites could be forgiven for thinking that they live in especially challenging times. The current international order appears to throw up a number of problems that not only defy easy resolution but also threaten to overturn many of the ideas and principles that have underpinned policy-making in Australia for many decades. To…