Common(wealth) Knowledge #36: What is a First Minister?
Cooperative federalism in post-COVID lockdown Australia.
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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.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #33: Papua New Guinea and Australian federalism
A look at how Papua New Guinea has influenced the development of Australian law.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #32: A House divided
Kevin McCarthy has been elected Speaker after 15 different ballots.
LIVE: Everything we know so far about the Gold Coast helicopter crash
At least 4 people were killed when 2 choppers collided near Sea World.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #29: Cases we missed
Wrapping up a big year in constitutional law.
Will the Voice to Parliament be a 'racial divide' in Australia?
A look at claims about the Voice ahead of the upcoming referendum.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #27: Are political parties unconstitutional?
Fact-checking a claim that political parties are illegal under Australia's constitution.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #26: Child Privacy and Political Communication
The implied freedom of political communication revisited in the context of child privacy.
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.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #22: Brazil and the democratic transition of power
How different democracies handle a change in government after an election.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #18: Australia and international law - a nuclear history
Why international law means Australia doesn’t have nukes, but other countries do.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #17: African court rules cannabis criminalisation for kids unconstitutional
The ruling from the Constitutional Court of South Africa was unanimous.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #16: What are Constitutional Conventions?
This week's article was chosen by our followers on Twitter.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #15: Camilla's Attorney-General
A lesser-covered topic following the death of the Queen.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #13: Democracy and drafting the Constitution
A look at the key steps in the development of the Australian Constitution.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #12: What is the Crown?
Queen Elizabeth II visited Australia 16 times during her 70-year reign.
SPECIAL COVERAGE: Queen Elizabeth II dies at the age of 96
She passed away peacefully at Balmoral in Scotland.
ANALYSIS: Truss allies top picks for new UK cabinet
Boris Johnson is officially out as British PM after announcing his resignation in July.
Common(wealth) Knowledge #10: 'Aliens' power exception revisited
We take another look at citizenship and non-citizens in Australia.
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