Ideas@The Centre 24

Vol. 6 No. 24 (June, 2011) Freedom Quote of the Week
'Parliament is not a Congress of Ambassadors from different and hostile interests ... [It] is a deliberative Assembly of one Nation with one Interest. You choose a Member indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not Member of Bristol, but he is a Member of Parliament.'
— Edmund Burke (1774) on parliamentary democracy

Principled politics and populist plebiscites
Jeremy Sammut | 24 Jun 2011

Plebiscites and other forms of direct democracy result in worse, not better, politics.
A Key visit for New Zealand
Luke Malpass | 24 Jun 2011

John Key speaks for closer economic collaboration between Australia and New Zealand.
Another day, another ban
Alexander Philipatos | 24 Jun 2011

Overzealous banning imperils Australia’s commitment to a free society.