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09
Oct
2020

Voting in the 2020 ACT election? Make your vote smarter: Smartvote ACT

Join over 20,000 Canberrans who have so far elected to make their vote smarter, by finding candidates who share their opinions - using smartvote ACT. It’s quick, and simple. Candidates answer 32…

07
Oct
2020

Budget 2020: An ideological shift, but a failure of imagination

By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Canberra Times. Whether the 2020-21 federal budget is historic, or just a little bit underwhelming, is debatable. But it does mark…

06
Oct
2020

In the red October budget, will Morrison sink the Australian economy?

By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Canberra Times. Like the COVID-ravaged economy, Scott Morrison's challenge between now and the next election, has a certain submarine…

10
Sep
2020

Trump reportedly played down the risk of COVID-19 to avoid ‘panic’. How much should leaders say, and when?

By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Conversation. News that US President Donald Trump was fully seized of the deadly potential of the novel coronavirus,…

26
Aug
2020

AuSI welcomes new Honorary Professor: Colleen Lewis

The Australian Studies Institute is pleased to welcome Colleen Lewis as an Honorary Professor with the Institute. Colleen’s research interests span politics, parliamentary studies and criminal…

22
Aug
2020

Opinion: Commemorate black and women leaders, not Black Jack

By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Canberra Times. I was jogging around Lake Burley Griffin one winter's morning in 2012, when a dark figure sprang from the pre-dawn…

11
Aug
2020

Flying politicians in during a pandemic puts Canberrans at risk

By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Canberra Times. The return of Federal Parliament later this month means virus-free Canberrans are being lumbered with the worst of…