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Anne Twomey

Anne Twomey

Brisbane Times

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Two people want to share the job of MP for Higgins. Is it constitutional?

Can the job of being a federal member of parliament be shared by two or more persons? Two prospective candidates for the inner-Melbourne federal seat...

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The Conversation

Anne Twomey

Access, undue influence and the Constitution

The sponsored pass system for lobbyists to access Parliament House opens the door to undue influence and potentially corrupt behaviour. Facilitating...

14.04.2024 7

Pearls and Irritations

Anne Twomey

Is a reshuffle still an opportunity to shred sensitive documents? No, minister

Need to hide an embarrassing document? Want to avoid scrutiny? In the past, public servants could look to their hero, Sir Humphrey Appleby of Yes...

25.03.2024 8

WA Today

Anne Twomey

Is a reshuffle still an opportunity to shred sensitive documents? No, minister

Need to hide an embarrassing document? Want to avoid scrutiny? In the past, public servants could look to their hero, Sir Humphrey Appleby of Yes...

25.03.2024 6

Brisbane Times

Anne Twomey

Is a reshuffle still an opportunity to shred sensitive documents? No, minister

Need to hide an embarrassing document? Want to avoid scrutiny? In the past, public servants could look to their hero, Sir Humphrey Appleby of Yes...

25.03.2024 7

The Age

Anne Twomey

Is a reshuffle still an opportunity to shred sensitive documents? No, minister

Need to hide an embarrassing document? Want to avoid scrutiny? In the past, public servants could look to their hero, Sir Humphrey Appleby of Yes...

25.03.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anne Twomey

The government is fighting a new High Court case on immigration detainees. What’s it about and what’s at stake?

The government will be on tenterhooks again next month when the High Court of Australia hears another case that could lead to the release of a further...

20.03.2024 10

The Conversation

Anne Twomey

What happens if King Charles can no longer perform his duties?

King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis will turn minds to the question of what happens if he becomes unable to fulfil his constitutional duties....

06.02.2024 20

The Conversation

Anne Twomey

New laws to deal with immigration detainees were rushed, leading to legal risks

The release of detainees as a consequence of the High Court’s decision in NZYQ v Minister for Immigration resulted in a frenzy of law-making, which...

13.12.2023 10

The Conversation

Anne Twomey

The Constitution was designed to be hard to change. It was not meant to be impossible

What hope is there for future referendums in Australia at the federal level following on from Saturday’s outcome? Very little. From its first...

16.10.2023 7

WA Today

Anne Twomey

The Constitution was designed to be hard to change. It was not meant to be impossible

What hope is there for future referendums in Australia at the federal level following on from Saturday’s outcome? Very little. From its first...

16.10.2023 5

The Age

Anne Twomey

The Constitution was designed to be hard to change. It was not meant to be impossible

What hope is there for future referendums in Australia at the federal level following on from Saturday’s outcome? Very little. From its first...

16.10.2023 4

Brisbane Times

Anne Twomey

The Constitution was designed to be hard to change. It was not meant to be impossible

What hope is there for future referendums in Australia at the federal level following on from Saturday’s outcome? Very little. From its first...

16.10.2023 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anne Twomey

The Observer view on Keir Starmer: Labour is ready to govern, but can it deliver on growth without spending?

Labour’s conference in Liverpool last week was a quiet success. Eclipsed as it was by breaking international events, Keir Starmer and his shadow...

15.10.2023 20

The Guardian

Anne Twomey

Going by no voice campaign’s arguments, federation itself would have been defeated

T he most striking thing about the no campaign’s successful arguments is that they would have defeated the referendums that gave us federation and...

15.10.2023 60

The Guardian

Anne Twomey

What does history tell us about the Coalition’s proposal for a second referendum?

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has committed to holding another referendum on Indigenous constitutional recognition (without a Voice to Parliament),...

12.09.2023 10

The Conversation

Anne Twomey

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