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A list of the top ten reports and comment pieces on APO for the year plus top five reports in key topic areas. Posted 20-12-2007
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Key documents on the history and role of independent parliamentarians in Australian politics • UPDATED OCTOBER 2006
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Online guides to resources on a wide range of policy issues
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Online resources and recent developments • UPDATED OCTOBER 2006
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Links to key documents on the history of health policy in Australia since the 1940s.
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Online resources and recent developments
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Links to key documents on the agreement
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Links to key documents on the evolution of the Australian Constitution, prepared for APO by the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law
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Three states, three conflicts of interest
Local government elections need to be transparent and fair, writes JOO-CHEONG THAM
Working together the key to care
A program to help avoid medication problems is being held back by a lack of coordination, write LESLEY RUSSELL and ANNE-MARIE BOXALL
Ever having to say you're sorry
Apologising is being leached of significance and meaning, writes GEOFFREY BARKER
Has parliament's electoral matters committee run its course?
It's time for a circuit-breaker, writes PETER BRENT
The problem with playing golf in the desert
On secondment with the Goldfields Land & Sea Council, JEREMY DICKER found a community facing the future with greater hope
Carbon taxes vs emissions trading
JOHN QUIGGIN spells out the arguments for tradeable emissions permits
Black hole in the basin "fix"
The new Murray-Darling management structure is set to fail, writes JACK WATERFORD
Without fear or favour
We will soon see evidence of how the Rudd government sees the High Court, writes GEORGE WILLIAMS
No longer tuned in to master's voice
Online digital environments are inviting all of us to participate actively in our own learning write ERICA McWILLIAM and NORMAN JACKSON.
How to misinterpret by-election results
Massive swings against Labor? Well, not really, writes BRIAN COSTAR
The best of times and the worst of times
South Australia can thrive if it rises to the challenge of climate change, writes JOHN SPOEHR
A Labor by-election win doesn't add up
There's no doubt that the Nationals will win the coastal Victorian seat of Gippsland, writes BRIAN COSTAR
So little to do so much in Indigenous communities
LESLEY RUSSELL assesses the Rudd government's financial commitment to Indigenous Australians
Subsidising fuel won’t deal with long-term problems
Consumers only receive part of the benefit of fuel subsidies, writes FLAVIO M. MENEZES