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Whitlam Institute
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Essay
Gough Whitlam and the 'grounds' for a University of Western Sydney
In this paper, Mark Hutchinson examines the substantial influence Gough Whitlam had on the establishment of the University of Western Sydney.
Report
Youth federal election - voting intentions update
Exploring the question of community engagement and political participation by younger Australians, this project analyses fifteen years of Newspoll surveys.
Essay
Rethinking Australia's employment services
This paper calls for a radical change in employment services through an examination of the tumultuous twenty year history of policy change and experimentation.
Essay
Democratic challenges in tackling climate change
This paper examines both the urgency for climate change action and the accompanying political challenges.
Essay
The Northern Territory Intervention and human rights: an anthropological perspective
In this essay, Dr Mary Edmunds draws together the history, circumstance, culture, principles and practice surrounding the Northern Territory Intervention. Key to her argument is that the Northern Territory Intervention has, for all of its drawbacks, provided an opportunity to review and re-approach how government enables or prevents the exercise of Aboriginal human rights.