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With over 160 member centres and institutes, Australian Policy Online offers easy access to much of the best Australian social, economic, cultural and political research available online. APO is maintained by the Institute for Social Research at Swinburne University of Technology, with support from the Australian Institute for Social Research at the University of Adelaide, the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at the University of New South Wales, and the Discipline of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, together with over 160 centres and institutes around Australia. To learn more about our member organisations, visit our Members page.

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John Spoehr, Australian Institute for Social Research, University of Adelaide

George Williams, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales

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