In this episode, we engage with Professor Anne Twomey on Australia's forthcoming Voice referendum, scheduled for October 14. A preeminent authority on Australian constitutional law, Twomey has played a pivotal role in shaping the proposal. We delve into the referendum's significance and the ongoing debate around it. Twomey helps shed light on the history that lies beneath the surface of Australia's Constitution.

Find out more about the upcoming referendum: https://voice.gov.au/

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Professor Azar Gat is a leading scholar on war and peace, and has also studied the questions of nationalism and ideological fixation. These are all subject to our conversation. Azar obtained his doctorate at the University of Oxford and is today professor at the University of Tel Aviv. He previously served as a major in the Israeli Defence Force.

Books

War in Human Civilization - https://www.amazon.com/War-Human-Civilization-Azar-Gat/dp/0199236631/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ODC6LXUR20ZX&keywords=azar+gat&qid=1691933130&sprefix=azar+ga%2Caps%2C225&sr=8-1

Ideological Fixation: From the Stone Age to Today's Culture Wars - https://www.amazon.com/Ideological-Fixation-Stone-Todays-Culture/dp/0197646700/ref=sr_1_3?crid=ODC6LXUR20ZX&keywords=azar+gat&qid=1691933130&sprefix=azar+ga%2Caps%2C225&sr=8-3

Nations: The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism: https://www.amazon.com/Nations-History-Political-Ethnicity-Nationalism/dp/1107400023/ref=sr_1_2?crid=ODC6LXUR20ZX&keywords=azar+gat&qid=1691933130&sprefix=azar+ga%2Caps%2C225&sr=8-2

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In this discussion with Professor Emeritus James Walter, former chair of political science at Monash University, we discuss the distinctive features of Australian politics, parties, and its leaders. We then examine the ideas which inhabit our political debates, including liberalism and values capitalism, and grapple with the broader decline of political engagement in Australia.

James published the first pioneering study of ministerial staff, The Ministers’ Minders: personal advisers in national government (Oxford University Press, 1986). He has elaborated on this research in later books, including What Were They Thinking? The politics of ideas in Australia (UNSW Press, 2010), and The Pivot of Power: Australian Prime Ministers and Political Leadership, 1949-2016 (with Paul Strangio and Paul ‘t Hart, Melbourne University Press, 2017).

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