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Greens senator David Shoebridge on the right to protest in Australia
Shoebridge was arrested in 2019 during a climate protest.
Mar 22, 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


ANALYSIS: How the NSW upper house ballot paper positions could impact who wins
All candidates in both houses have been announced, with both major parties nominating a full 93 candidates in the Legislative Assembly.
Mar 10, 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 #39: Overriding the Human Rights Act and supremacy of Parliament
A look at human rights protections in Australia and the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty.
Feb 25, 2023


Common(wealth) Knowledge #38: Unions 3, New South Wales 0
A revisit of the definition of protected speech in Australia.
Feb 18, 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 #36: What is a First Minister?
Cooperative federalism in post-COVID lockdown Australia.
Feb 4, 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 #31: New year, new court
What we could see in the High Court in 2023.
Dec 31, 2022


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 #25: Behind the scenes
A look at how this series is created every single week.
Nov 26, 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
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