Citizenship and Republicanism in a Multicultural Nation
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The juxtaposition of the notions of citizenship and the idea of republicanism in the context of Australia as a multicultural nation immediately raises the difficult and critical question of what we mean by a 'nation', and equally, what constitutes the sense of Australian identity. In the time allocated to me, I can hardly do justice to this challenging and most intriguing question, except to pause to share some brief reflection on some key issues related to citizenship and republicanism.
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