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History submission to the Senate Nationhood Inquiry

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Friday 29 November 2019

The School of History presented an inquiry to the Senate, Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Inquiry into Nationhood, National Identity and Democracy Submission. 

From the Guardian: 

'The ANU school of history proposed using major government statements to recommit to multiculturalism by explicitly rejecting the idea of a “homogenous national identity” and to address the marginalisation of the regions and other local areas that is “implied in growing concentrations of cultural, political and economic power”.

It submitted that despite the erosion of trust in some public institutions, royal commissions enjoy high trust and “have helped to re-engage citizens with government, salve personal and social wounds, and advance constructive policy ideas”.

It proposed greater independence for the public service and the wider use of independent statutory authorities, public inquiries and royal commissions.'

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/18/far-rights-poor-leadership-saved-australia-from-outbreak-of-populism-nationhood-inquiry-told

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