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Senate committees are one of the few bright spots in the battle to hold government to account

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

It mightn’t sound much, but it had big consequences. Fifty years ago this week, the Senate voted to set up a system of committees to scrutinise government legislation, activity and spending.

As it has evolved, this network has given teeth to a parliament that in many other ways has declined, even atrophied over the decades.

Question time in...

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Non-Indigenous Australians need to educate themselves. One way to do this is to take an Indigenous tour.

  • Written by: Marnie Graham, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Stockholm Resilience Centre and University of Johannesburg, Stockholm University
Non-Indigenous Australians need to educate themselves. One way to do this is to take an Indigenous tour.Dean Lewis/ AAP

The recent Black Lives Matter protests in Australia have highlighted the pressing and continued need for non-Indigenous Australians to take responsibility for reconciliation.

This requires non-Indigenous Australians to educate themselves about Indigenous and shared histories as well as contemporary realities. And taking action to...

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Michelle Grattan on protests, social-distancing, and domestic borders

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan on protests, social-distancing, and domestic bordersoriginal

University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics including: the protesters advocating police reform, the treatment of indigenous peoples, and to show solidarity with the black lives matter movement, the high rate of incarceration amongst indigenous people, the...

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