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September 2018

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognises liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.

B.R. Ambedkar

If the choice is between a god-bothering dog-whistler and a gender-whisperer, I’ll take the latter every time.

Arthur Baker

The far right, where politicians are spending so much energy harvesting votes these days is not Australia. Nearly all of us are somewhere else, scattered around the centre, waiting for a government that will take this good, prosperous, generous country into the future.

David Marr