Organisation

Whitlam Institute

Owning Institution:
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.

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