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Category Archives: Making A Difference
We are half reconciled
Andrew L. Urban. Senator Pat Dodson, often called the ‘father of reconciliation’, said last week that political leaders had failed to reconcile with indigenous people, despite doing so with nations Australia had gone to war with, such as Japan after … Continue reading
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Adversarial or collaborative democracy?
By Andrew L. Urban I was invited to attend this week’s Yaketi Yak organised by the Centre for Social Impact, in which the ABC’s Peter Thompson interviewed Luca Belgiorno-Nettis about his ongoing search for a better system of democracy. Luca has … Continue reading
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Democracy in the carbon sandwich
By Andrew L. Urban [Elements of this paper form a submission to the Australian Select Senate Committee on the Scrutiny of New Taxes, August 15, 2011.] In the interests of democracy,Australiashould re-frame the discussion on climate policy as … Continue reading
Citizens assemblies & Julia Gillard PM
By Andrew L. Urban When Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced during the 2010 election campaign that she would establish a Citizens’ Assembly to deliberate on and find consensus for climate change policies, the idea was derided and ridiculed. It … Continue reading
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