What happens to a civilisation when it exhausts the fuel that powered its rise? Does it refuel itself, find an alternative fuel, or simply fade away? We need to understand how we became what we are, the vital fuels which propelled us thus far, and what the mess we are now in says about the societal alternatives being embraced in the West.
Up Next in Church & State: Summit 2023
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CAS23 | Prof Gabriël Moens AM
What are the requirements that have to be met to justify resistance of valid laws? Can we rely on higher principles such as morality and religious conscience to justify disobedience? Is Australia signatory to international covenants on civil and political rights which can anchor a right to civil ...
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CAS23 | Prof Augusto Zimmermann
The design and operation of our parliamentary system is not about distributing powers but concentrating them, which makes political accountability and protection of God-given rights extremely difficult to achieve. The Governor General has no real power to intervene in the political process on beh...
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CAS23 | John Anderson AM, Prof August...
Further discussion and questions about the morning’s presentations
