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The confidence trick | Thought Starters

In his first appearance on 730 as Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull was offered by host Leigh Sales the chance to start off with the basics: to lay out the broad foundations of his economic and political...

Is our Westminster system past its use by date? | Thought Starters

A short constitutional quiz: What section of our Constitution defines the role of Cabinet? How does the Constitution define the relationship between Executive Government and the Public Service? Exactly what form of Westminster government...

CPD agrees with Obama’s statement that climate change a major threat to national security | 27 May 2015

On 20 May 2015, US President Barack Obama publicly stated that climate change is a major threat to the national security of the United States, observing that ‘Our military leaders — generals and admirals, active...