Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
Dr Rob Manwaring is a senior lecturer at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. Before completing his PhD in Australia, Rob was a senior policy adviser at the UK's Commission for Racial Equality. Rob teaches and researches in the areas of politics and public policy.
As weary Britons head to the polls again, parties seem incapable of handling the nation's problems
Dec 13, 2019 07:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The cost of running the 2017 UK general election was estimated at 140 million (A$270 million). Its likely to be higher this time. In 2017, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats spent nearly 38 million (A$73...
State of the states: more preference deals as pre-polling begins
May 03, 2019 17:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Our state of the states series takes stock of the key issues, seats and policies affecting the vote in each of Australias states. Well check in with our expert political analysts around the country every week of the...
What kind of prime minister will Scott Morrison be?
Aug 25, 2018 07:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Scott Morrison remains an intriguing, and polarising, figure on the Liberal Party front-bench. Morrison has been described as relentless, ambitious, and hard-line, although these labels only give us some clues to his...
Aug 21, 2018 16:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
So, Malcolm Turnbull survives. In part, the trigger for the stand-off between Turnbull and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton was Turnbulls poor handling of energy policy and the flips flops over the NEG. But much of...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well
Emissions impossible? How the transport sector can help make the 2050 net-zero goal a reality
Did Biden really steal the election? Students learn how to debunk conspiracy theories in this course
Trump wouldn’t be the first presidential candidate to campaign from a prison cell