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STRANGE TALES FROM SUPREME COURTS.(politics and the courts)

Quadrant

| July 01, 2001 | KIRBY, MICHAEL | COPYRIGHT 2001 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

THE YEAR 2001 is a big year for elections. Already Australians have gone to the ballot box in two states and in the federal electorate of Ryan. In accordance with the constitution, a federal general election must take place this year. Already the media are full of speculation. I fear that we may not see a lot of substance in politics for months to come as the politicians gird their loins for the joy of battle.

Despite Manning Clark's disdain, this nation appears to maintain its commitment to what he derided as the "trinity of bourgeois liberalism, democracy and material progress". Recently, it has shown its resistance to formal constitutional change. Indeed, such ...

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