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‘You need to build trust when you don’t need it – for the time when you do’: an interview with Steve Bracks

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Steve Bracks was on track to be immortalised in his role as Victoria’s premier only to choose to resign early in 2007 for (actual) family reasons. In this interview with Scott Hamilton and Stuart Mills, he shares his insights on finding common ground from the oppositional vantage.

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.

Lawyers, guns, money – and politics, part 1

By The Mandarin

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The first article in a three-part series on the formulation of Australia’s firearms policy; Australia finds itself at a gun-law crossroads after the Port Arthur mass murder.

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‘You need to build trust when you don’t need it – for the time when you do’: an interview with Steve Bracks

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Cain’s cathedral: how Melbourne won the Grand Slam

Lawyers, guns, money – and politics, part 1