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Inside the Canberra Press Gallery
Before television, radio, and later the internet came to dominate the coverage of Australian politics, the Canberra Press Gallery existed in a world far removed from todayâs 24-hour news cycle, spin doctors and carefully scripted sound bites. This historical memoir of a career reporting from The Wedding Cake of Old Parliament House offers a rare insiderâs perspective on both how the gallery once operated and its place in the Australian body politic.
Using some of the biggest political developments of the past fifty years as a backdrop, Inside the Canberra Press Gallery â Life in the Wedding Cake of Old Parliament House sheds light on the inner workings of an institution critical to the health of our parliamentary democracy.
Rob Chalmers (1929-2011) entered the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery in 1951 as a twenty-one-year-old reporter for the now-defunct Sydney Daily Mirror and would retire from political commentary 60 years later â an unprecedented career span in Australian political history. No parliamentary figure â politician, bureaucrat or journalist â can match Chalmersâ experience, from his first Question Time on 7 March 1951 until, desperately ill, he reluctantly retired from editing the iconic newsletter Inside Canberra sixty years, four months and eighteen days later.
As well as being considered a shrewd political analyst, Chalmers was a much-loved member of the gallery and a past president of the National Press Club. Rob Chalmers used to boast that he had outlasted 11 prime ministers; and a 12th, Julia Gillard described him as âone of the greatsâ of Australian political journalism upon his passing. Rob Chalmers is survived by his wife Gloria and two children from a previous marriage, Susan and Rob jnr
The post-Lisbon role of the European Parliament in the EU's Common Commercial Policy: Implications for bilateral trade negotiations. EU Diplomacy Paper 05/2012, July 2012
This paper sets out to conduct an empirical analysis of the post-Lisbon role of the European Parliament (EP) in the EUâs Common Commercial Policy through an examination of the âdeep and comprehensiveâ bilateral Free Trade Agreements
(FTAs) currently negotiated as part of the EUâs Global Europe strategy. The EU-Korea and EU-India FTAs are used as case studies in order to determine the implications of
the EPâs enhanced trade powers on the processes, actors and outcomes of EU bilateral trade policy. The EP is now endowed with the âhard powerâ of consent in the
ratification phase of FTAs, acting as a threat to strengthen its âsoft powerâ to influence negotiations. The EP is developing strategies to influence the mandate and now plays an important role in the implementation of FTAs. The entry of this new player on the Brussels trade policy field has brought about a shift in the institutional balance of power and opened up the EP as a new point of access for trade policy lobbyists. Finally, increased EP involvement in EU trade policy has brought about a
politicisation of EU trade policy and greater normative outcomes of FTAs
School buildings: frequently asked questions (SPICe briefing; 11/11)
"This briefing gives an overview of key facts relating to school buildings, based on enquiries frequently received in SPICe. This updates SPICe briefing 09/72." - Cover
Inside the Canberra Press Gallery
Before television, radio, and later the internet came to dominate the coverage of Australian politics, the Canberra Press Gallery existed in a world far removed from todayâs 24-hour news cycle, spin doctors and carefully scripted sound bites. This historical memoir of a career reporting from The Wedding Cake of Old Parliament House offers a rare insiderâs perspective on both how the gallery once operated and its place in the Australian body politic.
Using some of the biggest political developments of the past fifty years as a backdrop, Inside the Canberra Press Gallery â Life in the Wedding Cake of Old Parliament House sheds light on the inner workings of an institution critical to the health of our parliamentary democracy.
Rob Chalmers (1929-2011) entered the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery in 1951 as a twenty-one-year-old reporter for the now-defunct Sydney Daily Mirror and would retire from political commentary 60 years later â an unprecedented career span in Australian political history. No parliamentary figure â politician, bureaucrat or journalist â can match Chalmersâ experience, from his first Question Time on 7 March 1951 until, desperately ill, he reluctantly retired from editing the iconic newsletter Inside Canberra sixty years, four months and eighteen days later.
As well as being considered a shrewd political analyst, Chalmers was a much-loved member of the gallery and a past president of the National Press Club. Rob Chalmers used to boast that he had outlasted 11 prime ministers; and a 12th, Julia Gillard described him as âone of the greatsâ of Australian political journalism upon his passing. Rob Chalmers is survived by his wife Gloria and two children from a previous marriage, Susan and Rob jnr
The EU's dialogue on migration, mobility, and security with the Southern Mediterranean: filling the gaps in the global approach to migration. CEPS Liberty and Security in Europe, June 2011
Recent events in North Africa and the Mediterranean have had consequences in terms of human mobility,
and are putting the foundations and components of EUâs migration policy under strain. The forthcoming
European Council summit of 23-24 June 2011 is expected to determine âthe orientations for further workâ
under the Polish Presidency and the next JHA Trio Presidency Programme for the EUâs policies on crossborder
migration in the Mediterranean and internal mobility within the scope of the Schengen regime.
This paper constitutes a contribution to current and future EU policy discussions and responses on
migration, mobility and security. It provides a synthesised selection of recommendations in these domains
resulting from the research conducted by the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Section of the Centre for
European Policy Studies (CEPS) during the last nine years of work.
This Policy Brief argues that for the EUâs Global Approach to Migration to be able to satisfactorily address
its unfinished elements and policy incoherencies, the Union needs to devise and develop common policy
strategies focused on: first, new enforcement and independent evaluation mechanisms on the
implementation of the European law on free movement, borders and migration, and the compatibility of EU
member states and EU agenciesâ actions with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. And second, the
development of a kind of cooperation (dialogue) with third states that goes beyond security-centred
priorities and that is solidly based on facilitating human mobility, consolidating fundamental rights and the
general principles of the rule of law upon which the EU legal system is founded
Scotland and Ulster connections in the seventeenth century : Sir Robert Adair of Kinhilt and the Scottish Parliament under the covenanters
It has long been recognized that a culture of mobility has existed in Scottish society. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the main destinations for Scottish migrants were Poland, Scandinavia, and Ulster, although there were many other destinations too
Changes in urban and environmental governance in Canterbury from 2010 to 2015: comparing Environment Canterbury and Christchurch City Council
This article compares the proximate but not parallel trajectories of Canterbury Regional Councilâs (ECan) and the Christchurch City Councilâs changing authority to manage the urban and natural environment from 2010 to 2015. We ask why the trajectories are so far from parallel, and speculate as to why the central government interventions were so different. The apparent mismatch between the justifications for the interventions and the interventions themselves reveals important implications on the national and local levels. Nationally, the mismatch speaks to the current debate over an overhaul of the Resource Management Act. Locally, it informs current discussions in Wellington, Nelson, Gisborne and elsewhere about amalgamating district and regional councils.
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Ann Brower is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Policy at Lincoln University. She holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and a masterâs from Yale.
Ike Kleynbos holds a Bachelor of Environmental Management and Planning degree from Lincoln University and is currently doing postgraduate studies at Lincoln
Law and Justice: Scott v. Canada and the History of the Social Covenant with Canadian Veterans
In October 2012, supported by veteran advocacy group Equitas, Canadian Forces veterans of the Afghanistan campaign filed a class action lawsuit against the Federal Government. The case, Scott v. Canada, is named after lead Plaintiff Daniel Scott. In Scott, the Plaintiffs allege that under the recently enacted Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act, commonly known as the New Veterans Charter (NVC), many veterans receive less support than under the previous Pension Act. Further, they allege that the New Veterans Charter is a contravention of the âsocial covenantâ between Canadian citizens, the Canadian government, and past and present Canadian military members and their families.
While the limited scope of this paper cannot determine if a legally binding social contract in fact exists, it will engage with the surrounding literature and suggest that there is a well-documented history of veterans enjoying a special relationship with the federal government and Canadian people in the form of legal and social entitlements. This paper will track the many reiterations of Prime Minister Robert Bordenâs speech leading up to the creation of the NVC, while illuminating a historic tension between the influences of political, economic, and social policy trends and the upholding of a unique obligation towards those who have served this country militarily.
The covenant has always been contextualised by the morality of the times. But it is not just moral; it has legal aspects as well. The reason that veterans are due special treatment is intimately tied to their legal status as a member of the military with exposure to unlimited liability and regulation under the military justice system
Democracy and Digital Authoritarianism: An Assessment of the EUâs External Engagement in the Promotion and Protection of Internet Freedom. College of Europe EU Diplomacy Paper 01/2020
The past decade has seen a gradual global increase in digital authoritarianism. Internet shutdowns, online censorship, mass surveillance and violations of privacy rights have all become more frequent in parts of the world where citizens are not guaranteed sufficient digital rights. The task of defending, promoting and protecting internet freedom is becoming increasingly relevant for the European Union (EU) â for internal digital and cybersecurity policies as well as for the EUâs external promotion of democracy and human rights. Whilst much has been written about the various internal policies which establish and protect internet freedom within the European Union and its member states, the EUâs external engagement in this field remains critically under-researched. To what extent does the EU engage externally in the promotion and protection of internet freedom? This paper answers this question by covering a wide variety of policy fields including human rights and democracy promotion, digital policy, enlargement and neighbourhood policy, development cooperation and trade policy. Whereas the EU faces a limited opportunity to shape global norms with regard to internet freedom or to change the course of digitally authoritarian states, it has demonstrated several strengths which deserve not to be overlooked. These include, for example, the externalisation of internal data protection and policies and the provision of direct support and protection for civil society. Despite facing significant obstacles, the promotion and protection of internet freedom has become an important area of the EUâs external action which is only set to become more relevant in the coming years
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