Chile Is Rewriting Its Constitution. Australia Should Too.
Australia’s constitution is outdated, antidemocratic, and has consistently blocked social democratic reforms. That’s why we need to rip it up and write a new one.
Charlie Joyce is a contributing coeditor of the forthcoming book Contemporary Relevance: Whitlam for a New Generation. He is an honors student at the University of Melbourne.
Australia’s constitution is outdated, antidemocratic, and has consistently blocked social democratic reforms. That’s why we need to rip it up and write a new one.
After starving universities of funding, Australian conservatives now want to set up an institute dedicated to right-wing leader Robert Menzies. Its only purpose will be to shift public debate to the right and provide Liberal hacks with subsidized employment.