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EXPLAINED: Kansas bans trans athletes from girls’ and women's sports, overriding governor's veto
The controversial law enforces biological gender categories in school sports.
Apr 11, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #45: Referendum, plebiscite or postal survey?
The latest on the upcoming Voice to Parliament vote.
Apr 5, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #44: Labor won't form majority - so what is a confidence-and-supply deal?
1 week on from the NSW state election.
Apr 1, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #42: Why Australia can't ban political parties
More than 8 decades on from Menzies first attempting to ban the Communist Party of Australia.
Mar 19, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #40: An independent Prime Minister - once in a teal moon
A look at whether it is possible for an independent to become the Prime Minister of Australia.
Mar 4, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #37: The right to protest versus public health
What a new judgment from a Victorian court means.
Feb 11, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #35: A public healthcare debate 80 years in the making
Today, Australians take government-subsidised healthcare for granted - but that was not always the case.
Jan 28, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #34: Why Edmund Barton shouldn't be forgettable
We take a look at why Edmund Barton was one of Australia’s most important Prime Ministers.
Jan 22, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #33: Papua New Guinea and Australian federalism
A look at how Papua New Guinea has influenced the development of Australian law.
Jan 14, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #32: A House divided
Kevin McCarthy has been elected Speaker after 15 different ballots.
Jan 7, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #30: Constitutional issues in the New Year
The major issues we'll be seeing in 2023.
Dec 24, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #29: Cases we missed
Wrapping up a big year in constitutional law.
Dec 17, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #28: Immigration Detention in the 1990s
3 decades on from a major constitutional law case.
Dec 10, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #27: Are political parties unconstitutional?
Fact-checking a claim that political parties are illegal under Australia's constitution.
Dec 3, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #24: Trade deals with China
Anthony Albanese this week met with Xi Jinping.
Nov 19, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #23: Can the Governor-General dismiss Prime Ministers?
47 years on from the 1975 constitutional crisis, a look at what the Whitlam Dismissal can tell us about constitutional conventions.
Nov 12, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #22: Brazil and the democratic transition of power
How different democracies handle a change in government after an election.
Nov 5, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #21: The Constitution and corflutes
A look at how the Australian Constitution protects political advertising.
Oct 29, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #20: National security vs natural justice
What national security can teach us about administrative law.
Oct 22, 2022


Common(wealth) Knowledge #19: A new era for the High Court
Australia will become the first common law country with a majority female bench.
Oct 15, 2022
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