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Be realistic – demand the impossible: the legacy of 1968

  • Written by: Simon Tormey, Professor of Political Theory and Head of the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney

This article is the first of the Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions series, curated by Democracy Futures as a joint global initiative between the Sydney Democracy Network and The Conversation. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies in the 21st century.


The events of May 1968 in Paris and then...

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Governments shouldn't be so hasty in declaring victory on wages policy

  • Written by: John Wanna, Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration, Australian National University
Governments shouldn't be so hasty in declaring victory on wages policy

Interestingly, the long term trend in wages policy is that Labor tends to adopt formal policies (as it is now doing) only to see wages fall under its stewardship, while the Coalition, by contrast, tends not to believe in wages policies, although under them wages tend to rise.

This may say something about the efficacy of declaring solutions to our...

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Without mandatory safety standards, indoor trampoline parks are an accident waiting to happen

  • Written by: Lisa Nicole Sharwood, Injury epidemiologist, University of Sydney
Without mandatory safety standards, indoor trampoline parks are an accident waiting to happenHalf of injuries at trampoline parks are among children aged ten to 14 years. Howard County Library, CC BY-NC-ND

Parents are always on the lookout for ways to entertain their kids, whether it’s for birthday parties, school holidays, or a way to escape the house on a rainy weekend. We also like to encourage physical activity, to ward off the ob...

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