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Past Policy & Opinion
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Creating Lifelong Volunteers
On June 2, Left Right Think Tank launched their first policy for 2011 on youth volunteering in Brisbane, to address the lack of understanding and…
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Environmental Policy is a Deal Breaker in the Election
A recent survey conducted by the Left Right Think-Tank sampled 121 young Australians views on the environment. The results of this survey indicated that the…
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A New Kind of Candidate, A New Kind of Politics
Lately, I have become politically depressed. It seems that Australian politics these days isn't about government, policy, or right and wrong. But rather about spin, sound…
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My Private School
While the introduction of the Federal Government’s newest website designed to provide more information to constituents has been met with wide opposition, notably from the…
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Youth Homelessness
Young people in Australia are disproportionately and severely affected by the experience of homelessness. Youth homelessness is primarily a product of structural disadvantage and failed…
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Lowering the Voting Age
This report is Left Right Think-Tank’s response to the Federal Government’s call for submissions regarding its 2009 Green Paper on Electoral Reform. Left Right Think-Tank…
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The Burden of Discrimination
I have the clearest memory of visiting the Immigration Museum in Melbourne. One of the activities is a migrant application exam. You enter a darkened…
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The Education Crisis
We need a revolution. I wish I said this as a revolutionary. My whole life I’ve attempted to look natural with a bandanna around my…