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Jul 29, 2020
An Opportunity for Progressive Law Reform
The new coronavirus has exposed old weaknesses in the rule of law and social policy in Australia.
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Jul 29, 2020
Coronavirus and Parliamentary Democracy
One of the early Australian causalities in the coronavirus crisis was parliamentary democracy.
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![TIME FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f41dcb_82a383879cb7404381f5a3817778c5a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_180,h_222,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f41dcb_82a383879cb7404381f5a3817778c5a7~mv2.webp)
Jul 29, 2020
TIME FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL?
Could the current crisis actually be an opportunity for a progressive policy response? What about a Green New Deal?
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Jul 29, 2020
Carving With the Grain
Reformers must understand the values, aspirations and needs of the public if we are to make change that does not run against the grain.
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Jul 29, 2020
Thinking clearly about “debt and deficits”
The COVID-19 crisis has created a massive public health crisis, and also an economic one.
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![Australia’s Jobs and Insecure Work Crisis](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f41dcb_bbfeda3659424d8fa3a008033fecb8b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_296,h_222,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f41dcb_bbfeda3659424d8fa3a008033fecb8b1~mv2.webp)
Jul 29, 2020
Australia’s Jobs and Insecure Work Crisis
The economic and social crisis facing our country is severe, and the impact will not be shared fairly.
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Jul 29, 2020
Expelling the Moneylenders after Lockdown
This paper is not about housing, but rather small loans to vulnerable people attached to high charges and rates of interest.
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Oct 26, 2019
A critical role for the Evatt Foundation
On Evatt's 40th anniversary, Sally McManus reminds us of the size of the struggle.
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Oct 8, 2019
Bruce Childs & Gramsci?
Christopher Sheil honours Bruce Child's contribution to the 40-year history of the Evatt Foundation
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Oct 5, 2019
Bruce Childs & 40 years of the Evatt Foundation
Tanya Plibersek pays tribute to two Australian heroes.
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Sep 24, 2019
The continuing redistribution of Australia’s wealth, upwards
Christopher Sheil and Frank Stilwell on inequality and the wealth of the nation
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Sep 24, 2019
From good international citizen to pariah? The decline of human rights protection in Australia
An address by Gillian Triggs on the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration
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Sep 24, 2019
Remembering the UDHR at its 70th Anniversary
Elizabeth Evatt remembers the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948
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May 17, 2019
The political economy of inequality
Frank Stilwell on his latest book, 'The Political Economy of Inequality'
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May 17, 2019
Wealth inequality in Australia: 2012 to the present
Christopher Sheil and Frank Stilwell -- The richest 10% of Australian households now own more than half the nation’s private wealth
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Nov 11, 2018
Inequality cripples economy
Stephen Bell
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