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Morrison will fight same-sex marriage

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Treasurer Scott Morrison has flagged the prospect of ministers campaigning on both sides in the same-sex marriage plebiscite – as happened in the republic referendum.

As the government tried to speak with one voice on the timing of the plebiscite it will hold if re-elected, Morrison said he did not plan to keep his opinions on same-sex...

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Abbott and Credlin and the death of a prime ministership

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

It is hard to imagine the emotions of Tony Abbott or Peta Credlin as they read journalist Niki Savva’s indictment, in The Road to Ruin, of the former prime minister’s pig-headedness and his former chief-of-staff’s bullying behaviour.

They can condemn it as a one-sided account – they weren’t contacted for comment. But...

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Euthanasia: more options doesn't always expand our freedoms, sometimes it limits them

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imageHaving another option may make me worse off, and less free to do what I really value, than not having it.Carsten Tolkmit/Flickr, CC BY

Liberal democracies are built around individual freedom. That is, the freedom of the individual to act more or less as she wishes so long as she doesn’t harm others. We take this freedom for granted today, but...

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