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Australia's Federation: an agenda for reform

open access: yes, 2011
Australia\u27s federal system of government has served it well, but improvements are in order. On 17 June 2010 the Senate established a Select Committee on the Reform of the Australian Federation.
Senate Select Committee on the Reform of the Australian Federation
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Does Continuous Disclosure Improve Investment Efficiency? Evidence from a Unique Regulatory Setting

open access: yesAbacus, EarlyView.
We examine the association between continuous disclosure and investment efficiency within the context of Australia's unique regulatory setting for continuous disclosure. Based on 8,527 firm‐year observations, we find that continuous disclosure is positively associated with investment efficiency and helps to mitigate both over‐investment and under ...
Sudipta Bose   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Private Land Ownership: Tax or Socialize?

open access: yesThe American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study compares the land reform concepts of Henry George and Silvio Gesell, both of whom rejected private appropriation of land rent as unjust. While George proposed to “hollow out” private land ownership through a comprehensive land value tax, Gesell aimed at full socialization of land combined with lease auctions and compensation of ...
Dirk Loehr
wiley   +1 more source

Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
wiley   +1 more source

The Referendum that Wasn't: Constitutional Recognition of Local Government and the Australian Federal Reform Dilemma

open access: yes, 2016
In 2010, the Commonwealth government proposed Australia’s third attempt to give federal constitutional recognition to local government. In 2013, the government secured the passage through Parliament of a Constitution Alteration but, due to political ...
Brown, A J, Kildea, Paul
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Miss(ed) Representation? Gender, Policy Content, and Legislative Success in Australian Private Members' Bills

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
This paper examines the substantive representation of women in Australian legislative institutions by analysing private members' bills introduced at the state and federal levels from 1997 to 2022. While Australia has made considerable progress in gender equality, persistent sexism and misogyny challenge the substantive impact of increasing numbers of ...
Isabella Vacaflores, Elise Stephenson
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic litigation as a challenge for deliberative democracy

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Strategic litigation is a growing public concern, but remains understudied in democratic theory. In strategic litigation, collectives go to court with a political agenda that goes beyond their specific case. How should we assess the legitimacy of strategic litigation? Building on Lafont's model of deliberative democracy and Klein's distinction
Svenja Ahlhaus
wiley   +1 more source

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