The Treaty Principles Bill’s promise of ‘equal rights’ ignores the blind spots of our democracy
For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...
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How To Fix Democracy? Ancient Philosopher Plato May Have An Answer
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient ... democracy”. Not only was the first democracy in the world in Athens, but the word itself comes from the Greek demos (people) and kratos (rule).
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How to fix democracy? Ancient philosopher Plato may have an answer
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375BC, has shaped western political ...
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Ancient Greek Tyrants Who Proved to Be Good for Their Cities
The role of good Greek tyrants and aesimnetai in ancient Greece, highlighting leaders like Peisistratus, Polycrates, and Solon.
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Richard Bammer: Trump’s pardons flout justice, signify a wayward moral code
What kind of society do we want as we again live in a Trump era, with pardons and commutations from a convicted felon that invite crimes, including his own, to recur?
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Costas Simitis, 2-Time Prime Minister of Greece, Dies at 88
Yet, in a land whose ancient Greek forebears ... Specifically, he said in a study of Greece’s role in the European debt crisis, published in 2014, the New Democracy party that won the 2004 ...
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How to Fix Democracy: Plato May Have an Answer
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient ... thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”. Not only was the first democracy in the world in Athens, but the word itself comes from the ...
Why we love Australia: Our Prime Ministers, MPs, business leaders, sport and TV stars share their stories
Writing exclusively for News Corp, former Australians of the Year, prime ministers, prominent business leaders and sporting heroes - everyone from Anthony Albanese and John Howard to Pat Rafter and ...