Rosalind Dixon
Rosalind Dixon is a professor of law and director of the Gilbert+ Tobin Centre of Public Law at UNSW Sydney, and director of the Pathways to Politics Program for Women NSW.
Opinion
Domestic violence
DV bail changes make a big difference, but Minns missed one big red flag
The NSW government’s proposed laws will make it much harder for the most serious offenders to inflict harm. But there are other protections it can and must deploy.
- by Rosalind Dixon
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Domestic violence
A royal commission will take too long. Here’s what must be done to keep women safe
A royal commission is an extremely costly and slow institutional tool for responding to what is an urgent problem.
- by Rosalind Dixon
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Immigration
If Dutton values democracy, he should lay off the Constitution
Scratch the surface and you’ll find the opposition suggesting voters should punish the government for complying with the High Court’s ruling on immigration detention.
- by Rosalind Dixon
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Jacinda Ardern
Ardern’s exit hastens the inevitable, but her exhaustion is distinctly gendered
We need to do more – in Australia and across the Tasman – to recognise the invisible victories, and limited disappointments, of our path-breaking female leaders.
- by Rosalind Dixon
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State Parliament
Women in our democracy: Here’s the good news, and the not so good
Women are making advances in our parliaments – and changing the way they operate – but this is far from finished business.
- by Rosalind Dixon
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Morrison portfolio saga
What the governor-general should have asked the minister for everything
Scott Morrison has created another political storm for himself and the Liberal Party – and in the process dragged the governor-general into it.
- by Rosalind Dixon
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Abortion
US abortion case shows we cannot take reproductive rights for granted
The right to an abortion in Australia is legally protected – but that protection depends on a political system that shows bipartisan support for reproductive rights.
- by Rosalind Dixon
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Christmas
How to host a Zoom Christmas
There are ways to recapture a small sense of joy in virtual catch-ups.
- by Rosalind Dixon
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Climate policy
The PM’s ‘can-do’ climate capitalism won’t work without a price on carbon
Fossil fuels remain too cheap for businesses to quit because they do not carry the full social and environmental cost.
- by Rosalind Dixon and Richard Holden
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Democracy
Proposed voter ID laws pose a risk to our democracy
Requiring voters to show identification seems reasonable. We require ID for many things in our society, and this is only increasing in a world of vaccine certificates. But appearances can be deceiving.
- by Rosalind Dixon
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ICAC
We are in the middle of an emergency – the ICAC should have waited
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption has become the James Comey of Australian politics – announcing an investigation into alleged historical misconduct at the worst possible time, thereby forcing the exit of a powerful female leader the state needs.
- by Rosalind Dixon