cam, 196 words, 1 comment, APEC, Sydney, Security, Polis, Authoritarianism

Republicanism is the political science expression of liberalism. As with democracy, they require the osmosis of interaction, deliberation, competition, discourse and openness for them to have any public legitimacy. When the polis is fenced and the arms of the state oversee - it ceases to be the political republic and instead becomes the state's exclusive executive garden. The polis is temporarily drained until the state leaves and the urbanites come back.

Photo from Sydney Daily Photo: Wrapping democracy in a 3m high fence (more)

cam, 342 words, 0 comments, Local Government, Sydney, London, Brisbane City Council

Sacha Blumen argues for a Greater Sydney Metropolitan Council [GSMC] which would be a supra-council body modelled along the same lines as the Greater London Authority. The GSMC would be responsible for "broad Sydney-wide planning and transport within the Sydney metropolitan region rather than for this to be done by the NSW state govt." Sacha expects there would be an elected mayor and approximately 25-30 councillors. (more)

cam, 426 words, 0 comments, Euthenics, Town Planning, Cahill Expressway, Paul Ashton, Sydney

I had never heard of the word euthenic . It is the opposite of eugenics which is biologically and genetically focused. Euthenics is environment focused. The nature vs nurture debate has opposing 'ics' . I wandered across the term in Paul Ashton's discussion of the Cahill Expressway . (more)

cam, 119 words, 0 comments, Liberty, Cronulla, Sydney, NSW Police

Liberty . (more)