by Evatt Foundation | May 8, 2026 | Papers
Submission to the Senate Select Committee The Evatt Foundation commends the Senate for setting up this inquiry and inviting public submissions. Intergenerational housing inequities are currently a major stress point in Australian society. The stress is likely to...
by Gareth Bryant, Ben Spies-Butcher | May 1, 2026 | Papers
On 12 October 1929, James Scullin led the Labor Party to what was then its largest ever majority. It was unfortunate timing. Over the 1920s Australian governments had become the largest borrowers on the London money markets. In 1925, the United Kingdom returned to the...
by Evatt Foundation | Sep 5, 2022 | Papers
Who we are: The Evatt Foundation was established in 1979 as a memorial to Dr Herbert Vere Evatt with the aim of advancing the highest ideals of the labour movement: social justice, equality, democracy and human rights. The Foundation seeks to do this through research,...
by Yun Jiang | Dec 27, 2021 | Papers
The concept of values is one facet of national interest that often comes up in discussions on China. It is commonly accepted that we do not have shared values with China, because of its Communist system of governance and its human rights records. Yet according to the...
by Louise Ryan | Dec 27, 2021 | Papers
This year not only marks the eightieth anniversary of John Curtin’s famous ‘Australia looks to America” speech that signalled a new phase in Australia/US relations, but of another important but little-known event that contributed to the ongoing alliance building...
by Rose Jackson | Dec 27, 2021 | Papers
When, as Australian External Affairs Minister, promoter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and President of the United Nations General Assembly, Dr. H.V. Evatt championed a global framework for human rights, I doubt he envisioned the extent to which the...
