Modern Australian

Friday essay: how to fix Parliament House

  • Written by Kim Dovey, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, University of Melbourne
Friday essay: how to fix Parliament HouseParliament House is a citadel — the practices and representations of democracy have been segregated from the community. Kim Dovey

This is an edited version of a Senate Occasional Lecture delivered in Parliament House on May 11.

Parliament House in Canberra celebrated its 30th birthday last week; the grass was freshly mowed and the fences to...