3.1 Responses to Democratic Audit (1991) and (1995)'There should be a freedom of
information act, giving the right of access to information collected by public authorities …

Uncertain Lives is the first book to examine the impact of neoliberal policies on everyday life
in Australia. Going beyond the discussions of multiculturalism that dominated the 1980s and …

This article analyses the changing socio-economic profile of the “multicultural” section of the
Australian population, in the past officially referred to as people of “non-English-speaking …

Australia has increasingly dependent on China for economic prosperity, but the formidable
resources China has brought in its engagement with Australia have been discursively …

Drawing on extensive interviews with current and former ministers, ministerial staffers, and
senior officials, this in-depth examination offers insight into the Australian political and …

Abstract By 1963, Robert Menzies had been prime minister for thirteen years, Australia had
its first troops in Vietnam, and change was in the air. There would soon be street protests …

Multiculturalism has been challenged and questioned in Australia and elsewhere following
the 9/11 terrorist attacks of 2001 and the 2005 'Cronulla riots' on the beaches of Sydney …

The inside account of Australia's national intelligence organisation as it grappled with
continuing espionage from foreign agents and the rise of terrorist attacks on Australian soil …

Prime ministers are presented as ever-more powerful figures; at the same time they seem to
fail more regularly. How can the public image be so different from the apparent experience …