Ideas on what makes us Australia

The Senate committee considering “nationhood, national identity and democracy” conducts a hearing in Canberra today

The Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee is chaired by Labor’s Kim Carr.  It will hear from academics, independent commentators, and organisation heads, including, Karena Menzie-Ballantyne (CQU),  Sarah Cameron (Uni Sydney), Ian Chubb (Australian Academy of Science), Anthea Hancocks (Scanlon Foundation), Daryl Karp (Museum of Australian Democracy) and Greg Melleuish (Uni Wollongong).