Revenue Academic raises alarm
Heath Aston: Political correspondent, SMH
The contribution to federal tax revenues from multinational oil and gas companies has slumped and a senior academic has warned that the mega gas projects coming online...
Eva Cox, University of Technology Sydney
As we enter the business end of the election campaign, with pre-polling underway, there is a profound lack of any social welfare policies on offer from either major party....
This was the major electoral recommendation of the 2009 Citizens’ Parliament which assembled 150 randomly selected citizens drawn from every electorate nationally. (Disclosure Note: this event was funded and operated by the Foundation. Full...
Introduce a “None of the Above” Voting Option
or End Compulsory Voting
With elections designed theoretically to reflect the will and voice of the people, this reform would allow dissatisfied and disengaged citizens to be heard...
French police and prosecutors have swooped on Google’s Paris offices, intensifying a tax-fraud probe amid accusations the Internet giant fails to pay its fair share across the European Union.
The raids are part of a...
The major parties now compete to outspend each other at elections while devoting ever increasing resources to raise the funds this demands.’
John Madigan
My appointment to a Senate committee inquiring into political donations was blocked,...
Jo Caust, University of Melbourne; Joanna Mendelssohn, UNSW Australia; Julian Meyrick, Flinders University; Maria Miranda, University of Melbourne, and Tully Barnett, Flinders University
A little soupçon of beauty?
Joanna Mendelssohn, Associate Professor, Art & Design: UNSW...
Narelle Miragliotta, Monash University
Late last year, federal Greens leader Richard Di Natale expressed his enthusiasm at the prospect of serving in a federal Labor-Green coalition government. This suggestion has, however, been firmly rejected in...