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why parliaments should keep functioning during the coronavirus crisis

  • Written by Stephen Mills, Hon Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney
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Set into the tiles of the entrance to the boomtime-era Victorian Parliament is a message from the past that is as urgent as it is ancient:

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

The Old Testament language contains a powerful contemporary insight: multiple sources of advice provide...

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