Current Issue
July 2008
The Brisbane Line is the online magazine of the Brisbane Institute. It is published once per month beginning in March. The Brisbane Line accepts articles relating to topics of contemporary relevance from individuals and organisations. Submissions should be between 700 and 1500 words, without footnotes or page numbers and accompanied by a brief author/authors biography/biographies. The Brisbane Institute reserves the right to edit articles for style, consistency, grammar and spelling, provide illustrations where appropriate and reject any submissions deemed unsuitable for publication. Responsibility for opinions expressed in published articles remains with the author/authors. The Brisbane Institute will not forward any submission to another organisation/individual for publication without prior consent of the author. Please forward submissions to editor@brisinst.org.au.
Policy Time
The candidates for the presidential election in the United States have finally been decided. Much of the hype so far has centred on issues of character and personality. While these issues will continue to feature strongly, Malcolm Jorgensen and Brendon O’Connor explore the significant policy differences that will also shape the course of the campaign.
Responsibility and Power
In an ideal world power and responsibility would go hand in hand to judiciously guide and shape society. This is not the case in reality, according to Peter Kuttner, who reflects on a number of examples of the mismatch between power and responsibility in the contemporary Australian context.
Pushing On In Spite of the Evidence and Democracy
The push to privatise electricity services in New South Wales maintains the impetus of the liberalisation and competition drive behind public policy in Australia since the late 1980s. In this article, Martin Leet wonders whether continuing to relinquish public control over electricity is such a great idea at a time when issues of energy security are becoming more critical.
