Category Archives: Politics – national

Figuring out the strange new rules of resource constraint

Posted on February 13, 2024 by David Walker

Just a decade ago, Australian labour was easy to find and infrastructure projects were often no-brainers. Now our economic times seem to have changed – and policymakers may need to adjust to a new set of rules. The world is … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Employment, Immigration and refugees, Politics - national | 3 Comments

Democracy: doing it for ourselves

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Nicholas Gruen

Above is the video of a presentation I made at NESTA in London on 15th November with discussants Claire Mellior and Martin Wolf. I reproduce (AI generated) timestamps in the shownotes of the video below. 00:00 – Introduction and Overview … Continue reading →

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Voice analysis

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Chris Lloyd

This post is rather long. If you want a point form summary, scroll down to the bottom. Secondly, this post does not represent the views of anyone else but me. As part of his pre-election platform, the now PM promised … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Indigenous, Politics - national, Race and indigenous | 27 Comments

The David Solomon Lecture: Government 2.0 a couple of years on . . .

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Nicholas Gruen

Finding a formatting mess when I looked this up on Troppo, I’ve reposted it here for the record. I’m a bit embarrassed by my wooden speaking style. Here’s the David Solomon Lecture I’ll be giving at the Brisbane Museum of … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Economics and public policy, Innovation, Philosophy, Political theory, Politics - national, Sortition and citizens’ juries, Web and Government 2.0 | Leave a comment

Morrison’s “secret powers” scandal: democracy is safe

Posted on August 21, 2022 by David Walker

Scott Morrison’s “secret powers” are being heralded in much of the media as proof that he was up to no good. The simpler explanation is that on governance issues, he was often just not much good. As a journalist and … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Journalism, Law, Politics - national, Uncategorized | 14 Comments

Journalism as a system of domination: Peter Dutton edition

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Nicholas Gruen

.@FergusonNews asks Opposition Leader @PeterDutton_MP: What would prevent you now from taking the next step and that is backing the referendum on the Voice? #abc730 #auspol pic.twitter.com/ebAUd6uM7P — abc730 (@abc730) August 11, 2022 Peter Dutton is a human being. That’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Media, Philosophy, Political theory, Politics - international, Politics - national | 1 Comment

Gruen: detox democracy through representation by random selection

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Nicholas Gruen

I use Troppo to make various notes for file as it were for reference in future. And on wanting to record something I found that I hadn’t reproduced this post — which was originally at The Mandarin — here. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, Democracy, Political theory, Politics - international, Politics - national, Sortition and citizens’ juries | 6 Comments