28 November 2022
Race has No Place In the Constitution – MP’s Should Follow Nationals Lead
“The decision by the Nationals to oppose the Voice to Parliament in the foreshadowed referendum demonstrates leadership at a time when Canberra and inner-city elites have never been more enthusiastic about dividing Australians by race,” said Morgan Begg, Director of the Legal Rights Program at the Institute of Public Affairs. The egalitarian spirit which drove Australians to vote in 1967
2 September 2022
IPA Poll: Australians Want Race Taken Out Of The Constitution Not Put Back In
“A growing majority of Australians share the egalitarian belief, fundamental to the Australian way of life, that we are all equal and that race has no place in our constitution,” said Morgan Begg, the Director of the Legal Rights Program at the Institute of Public Affairs. A poll undertaken in July, by marketing research firm Dynata, asked Australians to agree
19 April 2022
Australia’s Egalitarian Hope
Distinctively among the nations of the world, Australia was founded as a populist democracy, committed to egalitarianism between individuals and majoritarianism in government. This dual commitment has led to the development of a state that, as W.K. Hancock famously noted in Australia, is treated by Australians as a “vast public utility, whose duty it is to provide the greatest happiness to
