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Author: David Stephens

David Stephens is a Canberra community activist with previous experience in advising and observing executives in government and the voluntary sector. He spent 20 years as a Commonwealth public servant, then ten years as a consultant and lobbyist. He has qualifications in political science and law.
Holding power to account: how to avoid the disconnection syndrome

Holding power to account: how to avoid the disconnection syndrome

28 August 2012 24 October 2013

Many years ago, the late Kim Beazley Senior complained that his Australian Labor Party, which had once contained the cream of the working class, now consisted of the dregs of the middle class. These people represented neither the mass of the party nor the majority of voters.

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