Originally published on ABC The World Today 2 July 2015 Greece's Prime Minister is vowing to press ahead with a controversial bailout referendum as European leaders rule out any fresh debt offer before Sunday's vote. The World Today spoke to John...
Read MoreQ&A: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has survived a party confidence vote on his leadership. Liberal Party MPs voted by 61 to 39 not to open up his position to challengers. The test to the Abbott leadership came after a series of policy...
Read More27 January 2015 Late last week saw the impeachment of former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Yingluck was given a five year ban from politics, and could face up to ten years jail time, after being found guilty of negligence and corruption...
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Read MoreThe Farce of Democracy in Hong Kong In Hong Kong, Occupy Central plans to stage a mass sit-in on the streets of Central to protest Beijing's decision to restrict free and fair elections in 2017. A week-long strike by students begins...
Read MorePhoto: Thousands of citizens attended the candlelight vigil at Victoria Park commemorating the 24th anniversary of June 4th Tiananmen Crackdown last year. Photo: Felix Wong...
Read MoreAn interview about The Life and Death of Democracy, conducted by Vicente Sanz Rozalén for Vox-UJI Radio, in Castellon, Spain, originally broadcast on 28th March, 2013. Listen to Audio Original Link div.episode h3 { display: none; } div.episode p.description { display: none; } div.episode p.artist...
Read MoreListen to the audio [audio mp3="http://www.johnkeane.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Josh-Woodward-Gravity1.mp3"][/audio] The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture....
Read MoreThe term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work...
Read MoreA recent poll by the Lowy Institute suggests many young Australians are ambivalent about the virtues of democracy, while leading democracy scholar John Keane warns that democracy has reached a ‘tipping point’ similar to the 1930s. Three political thinkers give us...
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