2018 – Page 17 – Club Troppo

[caption id="attachment_31685" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] "Arrival" by Brett Whiteley, painted for the Bicentennial celebrations of the arrival of the First Fleet on 26 January 1788[/caption] We’re...

Democracy Philosophy Political theory

Getting the right decision democratically – by John Burnheim

Nicholas Gruen

January 26, 2018

In many areas of policy, particularly where relatively homogeneous communities deliberate about matters within their everyday experience, the informal processes of discussion in the community...

Democracy Information Philosophy Political theory

The poverty of voting

Nicholas Gruen

January 21, 2018January 21, 2018

A post by John Burnheim. About ten months ago, John Burnheim wrote to me in terms I've reproduced on this blog previously. John was one of the early...

Films and TV Law Media

Stars falling from the skies*

Ken Parish

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018

*cross-posted from Screen Hub. The #MeToo sexual harassment tsunami generated by the unmasking of American screen industry heavyweights Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey has hit...

Uncategorized

An Ancient Greek idea could foil Brexit’s democratic tragedy

Nicholas Gruen

January 16, 2018

From today's column in the Guardian UK. There’s a chasm between the will of the British people as expressed in their 52 percent vote for...

Law Politics - national

Lateral thinking on constitutional reform

Ken Parish

January 15, 2018January 17, 2018

Australia has a backlog of issues that will need to be resolved by constitutional referendum sooner or later: Indigenous recognition (especially the Voice to Parliament);...

Economics and public policy History

Fred Argy: RIP

Nicholas Gruen

January 10, 2018January 11, 2018

I was rung yesterday by Ida Argy, wife of Fred Argy and she told me that Fred had recently had a stroke from which he did...