The Indigenous senator’s claim that she never swore allegiance to the Crown is uncharted territory for Australia,but we are not the United Kingdom.
A key Federal Court ruling is going to make it harder for public servants and their political masters to hide behind nonsensical rules which keep documents secret.
In a hyper-partisan and post-truth world,the prospects of referendum success are now near zero without bi-partisan support. But there are great dangers in leaving our constitution frozen in time.
The campaign is likely to be rancorous,but the similarities between the major parties’ policies should negate some of the arguments.
Some countries don’t allow politicians elected on a one-party ticket to defect mid-term and keep their seat in parliament. It’s not easy to impose such a law in Australia.
It does not make sense to argue over the detail of a proposal in advance of a referendum,just as it makes no sense to put that detail into the constitution.
The long-term damage to public trust in government is a serious matter. How much more can the public take before we see a breakdown of the rule of law and the rampant spread of corruption?
There are growing demands for the Governor to dismiss the Andrews Government but that is not how constitutional monarchy works.
Instead of showing that the palace interfered in the dismissal of the Whitlam government,it shows that Whitlam sought palace interference.
There are very obvious reasons why this argument against establishing the Voice is misguided.