What is the census, and why does it matter?
Aug 08, 2016 04:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Despite being one of our oldest public institutions, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) social media campaign for the 2016 Census is a clever nod to the modern zeitgeist. This census will ask us to pause (presumably...
I won't be giving my name to census: Xenophon
Aug 08, 2016 04:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Senate crossbencher Nick Xenophon will defy the requirement to provide his name when he fills out Tuesdays census. With controversy surrounding the extension of the retention of names from 18 months to four years,...
Will the vice presidential candidates matter this year? Maybe, but not the way you think.
Aug 06, 2016 09:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Veepstakes speculation is rampant as we approach the national conventions for both major political parties. Media reports have detailed the wide array of options available to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as they...
Latest PBO costings won't hold any parties to account
Aug 06, 2016 08:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
While the Parliamentary Budget Offices (PBO) 2016 post-election report represents a massive undertaking in time and effort, it wont hold any political party to account, nor provide any additional transparency to the...
If Trump loses the election, the first week of August will be blamed
Aug 06, 2016 07:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
It turns out theres a line that even Donald Trump cant cross with impunity. In the course of the most bizarre 14 months in modern American political history, Trump has mocked a disabled reporter, insinuated that Mexican...
Whither anarchy: the fantasy of natural law
Aug 06, 2016 07:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
What is the relevance of anarchism today? Should we see a reinvigoration of anarchist tropes and themes or movements such as Occupy, the Spanish Indignados and most recently Nuit debout in France as a sign that anarchism...
US Election Series: Recent feud takes toll on Trump’s poll numbers
Aug 05, 2016 06:47 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Democratic Presidential nominee Donald Trump had clearly emerged as victor when the Republican convention ended in Cleveland; his polls were rocketing higher. But, he seems to have lost that edge over his recent feud with...