Proposed citizenship changes
August 10, 2017
Australian values. We've heard a lot about them this week from government members. We've heard a lot of hypocrisy and a lot of cant as, in this place, in Australia's parliament...
Read MoreAustralian values. We've heard a lot about them this week from government members. We've heard a lot of hypocrisy and a lot of cant as, in this place, in Australia's parliament...
Read MoreAs all of us here should be aware, the world of work in Australia is undergoing rapid changes. These changes of course impact disproportionately on young people, people just starting their working lives...
Read MoreThis third interim report of the joint standing committee is an uncontroversial report, but it is important. All of us are mindful of the context within which elections are taking place across all developed and democratic countries...
Read MoreToday, of course, is World Refugee Day, and on World Refugee Day this year we reflect on the report of the UNHCR, which tells us that at the moment there are more displaced people than at any point in history...
Read MoreIn this debate there is an important set of voices missing from the government perspective: the voices of schools, students and school communities. The government will not talk about them—and is that surprising?
Read MoreJust over a year ago, Jo Cox, the UK Labor MP, was cruelly, brutally and senselessly murdered in the course of going about her business in her constituency, doing the job that all of us here do.
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