Canberra Times: Job-Sharing in Parliament Must Be Considered (4 February 2024)
Opinion Piece: Continuing our politics in this country in the same brute and brutal way is not really not an option anymore.
Saturday Paper: Should every Australian have to pass a citizenship test? (20 January 2024)
In 2008, as a member of the independent committee reviewing the Australian citizenship test, I asked if the committee could recommend all people resident in Australia be required to pass the citizenship test.
Kim Rubenstein Opinion Piece in the Saturday Paper
Australian Financial Review: High Court sends citizenship laws back to the drawing board (5 November 2023)
It’s troubling to treat dual citizens as more vulnerable to loss of citizenship, and for those rights to be protected only through a constitutional separation-of-powers principle.
Australian Financial Review: Reaction to terrorism should be above politics (17 October 2024)
Calling out the brutality of Hamas has not been a given, and critics of Israel have been quick to refocus away from the atrocities to Israel’s response.
The Australian: Indigenous voice to parliament yes vote is the first step to true equality of citizenship (18 April 2023)
The Australian: Indigenous voice to parliament yes vote is the first step to true equality of citizenship (18 April 2023)
A Yes vote in the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum should be supported by all Australians no matter what their political leanings.
By KIM RUBENSTEIN
Canberra Times: Dual Citizens Must Not Be Treated as Second-Class Citizens (15 June 2022)
Canberra Times: Dual Citizens Must Not Be Treated as Second-Class Citizens (15 June 2022)
Canberra Times: The Forgotten Folk - Norfolk Islanders Treated Like 'Second-Class Australian Citizens' (2 May 2022)
Canberra Times: The Forgotten Folk: Norfolk Islanders Treated Like 'Second-Class Australian Citizens' (2 May 2022)
Canberra Times: Australia Needs a Climate Compact to Break its Climate Policy Impasse (21 April 2022)
Canberra Times: Australia Needs a Climate Compact to Break its Climate Policy Impasse (21 April 2022)
Canberra Times: Jenkins Report Points to Lasting Reforms (5 April 2022)
Canberra Times: Jenkins Report Points to Lasting Reforms (5 April 2022)
Canberra Times: Lessons on Trust in Government Remain Unlearned (1 March 2022)
Canberra Times: Lessons on Trust in Government Remain Unlearned (1 March 2022)
Canberra Times: Stuart Macintyre was an Inspirational Citizen (1 Feb 2022)
Canberra Times: Stuart Macintyre was an Inspirational Citizen (1 Feb 2022)
Canberra Times: As Major Parties Squabble, Independent Voices Want to Fix Parliament (1 Jan 2022)
Canberra Times: As Major Parties Squabble, Independent Voices Want to Fix Parliament (1 Jan 2022)
Canberra Times: Both Parliament & Society Need to Change (02 Dec 2021)
The ecosystems of Parliament reflect the ecosystems of a society that needs urgent change.