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A more competitive Australian Labor party

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Minister for competition Andrew Leigh outlines the impact of factions having grown and now dominating the ALP like never before.

Cain’s cathedral: how Melbourne won the Grand Slam

By The Mandarin

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What led Victoria’s Labor party to pair up with the Victorian Nats to get the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam to Melbourne? Was it state interests, friendship, a love of sport, or just raw politics? Traces of all these elements are present in the backstory of a historic investment and a showcase event that now enjoys overwhelming public support.

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Australians don’t want to blow up their democracy, they want to save it. Commonwealth, state and local government working together is key to repairing the democratic vessel

By Terry Moran

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Terry Moran AC, chair of the Centre for Policy Development and former secretary of the PM&C presents a review of how Commonwealth, state and local governments could work together more effectively, at the 2019 John Cain Lecture.

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Cain’s cathedral: how Melbourne won the Grand Slam

Australians don’t want to blow up their democracy, they want to save it. Commonwealth, state and local government working together is key to repairing the democratic vessel