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Anne Twomey

Anne Twomey

Brisbane Times

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When it comes to four-year terms, it’s all about choice

09.01.2025 8

The Australian

Anne Twomey

Victorian independents’ potential High Court challenge to political donations laws has merit - and there are federal implications too

A prospective constitutional challenge to Victorian campaign finance laws may have flow-on consequences for Commonwealth campaign finance reforms,...

12.12.2024 5

The Conversation

Anne Twomey

Sneaky, excessive and unjustified: why Labor’s electoral reforms are vulnerable to constitutional challenge

Jack Lang was fond of saying that you should always put your money on self-interest. But when it comes to campaign finance laws, politicians use...

20.11.2024 50

The Guardian

Anne Twomey

How the federal government’s misinformation bill might impede freedom of speech

The federal government’s proposed legislation on misinformation and disinformation has passed the House of Representatives, but faces a rocky time...

12.11.2024 5

The Conversation

Anne Twomey

Labor’s ankle bracelet and curfew regime was part of an ill-conceived game of ‘who can be toughest’ on detainees

Last November, the high court kicked the hornet’s nest of immigration detention, by requiring the release of detainees who could not be deported...

07.11.2024 4

The Guardian

Anne Twomey

She may have split ‘heirs’, but Lidia Thorpe’s oath won’t get her sacked

Sir Thomas More died, on the block, in 1535 rather than swear an oath on Succession to the Crown that was contrary to his beliefs. Politicians...

24.10.2024 2

The Age

Anne Twomey

She may have split ‘heirs’, but Lidia Thorpe’s oath won’t get her sacked

Sir Thomas More died, on the block, in 1535 rather than swear an oath on Succession to the Crown that was contrary to his beliefs. Politicians...

24.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Anne Twomey

Queensland Premier Steven Miles is promising to hold a vote on nuclear power. Here’s why

Queensland Premier Steven Miles this week declared his party would hold a plebiscite on nuclear power if it returns to office at the forthcoming...

15.10.2024 2

The Conversation

Anne Twomey

Explainer: the governor-general is also commander-in -chief of the defence forces. What does this mean in practice?

Australia’s new Governor-General, Sam Mostyn, recently said that she does not fit the usual idea of a governor-general – especially the type of...

03.09.2024 4

The Conversation

Anne Twomey