Politics at Lunchtime
Our popular Politics at Lunchtime courses offer short classes discussing issues of local, national and international politics. Be informed and stay informed with WEA.
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Are secularists returning in Türkiye?
<p>For the first time in over two decades the predominantly secularist Republican party, CHP, was the winner of the local elections in 2024 garnering around 37.74 percent of the votes. President Recep
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Deadly Rivals - LBJ and RFK
<p>Robert Kennedy called LBJ “Uncle Rufus” while LBJ called Robert Kennedy either a “snot nosed privileged kid” or a “grandstanding runt”. The intense rivalry and mutual contempt damaged the
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Central Banks and Inflation
<p>The prevailing economic consensus is that politically independent central banks are more effective in controlling inflation, a view that underpins recent reforms to the way that the RBA makes its
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Political Manipulation - how is it done and how do we protect ourselves?
<p>In a democracy politicians work with the public to get things done. Sometimes the general public are enthusiastic supporters and sometimes they are reluctant travellers. Unlike autocracies, they
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China's Economic Reset: What does it mean for Australia?
<p>China’s economy is being battered by multiple headwinds - a property market correction, growing trade tensions with the US and other Western countries, and demographic decline. With so much of
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Winston Churchill - Millennium Man or War Criminal?
<p>There are a multitude of books written about Britain’s WWII leader PM Winston Churchill. Not all accounts are flattering and some focus on his monumental failures including the disaster of the
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