What is the role of opposition in modern Australian politics? What are the Key factors involved in providing effective opposition to government?
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What is the role of opposition in modern Australian politics? What are the Key factors involved in providing effective opposition to government? Deriving from the Latin opponere, meaning to place against, the opposition has become a fundamental part of the modern Australian polity. "The role of opposition in the sense of the term is so imprecise a word to study alone, as it relates to an institution spread so wide as to cover all forms of conflict in a society".1 There are however, elementary themes an opposition to government must perform to efficiently perform their role in the governmental arena. These themes incorporate the "Taken for granted" aspect of the opposition. That in nearly every facet of social condition there is nearly always an opposing force; it is only natural that this is also carried over in the political arena, more so then any other. It is the opposition in its...


