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OK, one more post about Greece

Fallout from the Greek crisis has put serious constitutional reform of the European Union onto the agenda. That doesn't mean it will happen, and certainly not quickly.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Political issues, United States Leave a comment 20 July 201519 June 2025

Transition in the Greens

Leaving aside media hysteria about the Australian Greens' leadership change, there's still a problem about transparency.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters Leave a comment 7 May 2015

How not to support minor parties

No-one knows if reform of Australia's strange Senate voting system will actually go ahead. Minor parties argue that it shouldn't. Here's why it should.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Party matters 1 Comment 4 May 2015

Election (and other news) updates

This week, updates from Israel, Australia, Estonia, Finland and Northern Cyprus.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Middle East, Political issues, Scandinavia 2 Comments 23 April 201513 September 2023

Why not the Greens?

Malcolm Fraser's plan for a new political party runs into a fairly obvious objection: don't we already have a party representing the same positions?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters 5 Comments 29 March 201528 January 2022

Two Cold Warriors leave the scene

Gone in the same week, Malcolm Fraser and Lee Kuan Yew. Compare and contrast.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Personalities, Political issues, South-East Asia 3 Comments 23 March 201528 January 2022

Is Queensland different?

Queensland swings dramatically back to Labor: will other states follow suit?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections Leave a comment 2 February 2015

Update on freedom of speech

Fairfax publishes a prime example of how not to engage in the debate about racial vilification.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Media, Political issues Leave a comment 23 January 201528 January 2022

OK, let’s talk about free speech

It's human rights commissioners at twenty paces, as Australia argues about the meaning of free speech and the local implications of the massacre in Paris.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Ideas, Political issues 7 Comments 15 January 201528 January 2022

We’re back!

World blogging returns, with news from Greece, Japan, the US, Moldova, Tunisia and Hungary.

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Charles Richardson Administrative, Africa, Australia, East Asia, Elections, Middle East, Party matters, United States 2 Comments 16 December 201428 January 2022

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