Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senator Stoker, move:

That the following matter be referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by the last sitting day in May 2020:

Nationhood, national identity and democracy, with particular reference to:

(a) the changing notions of nationhood, citizenship and modern notions of the nation state in the twenty first century;

(b) rights and obligations of citizenship, including naturalisation and revocation, and the responsibility of the state to its citizens in both national and international law;

(c) social cohesion and cultural identity in the nation state;

(d) the role that globalisation and economic interdependence and economic development plays in forming or disrupting traditional notions of national identity;

(e) contemporary notions of cultural identity, multiculturalism and regionalism;

(f) the extent to which nation states balance domestic imperatives and sovereignty and international obligations;

(g) comparison between Australian public debate and policy and international trends; and

(h) any other related matters.