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The Fractured Mandate: How the Climate-Change Divide and Pro-Nuclear Agenda Undermined the Country Party's Social Licence as Guardians of Trade Liberalisation and Federalism

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This paper analyses how the climate-change divide and emerging pro-nuclear agenda fractured the Country Party’s historic social licence to act as custodian of trade liberalisation and federal balance. It draws on the RSQS-6D framework to show how environmental polarisation eroded constitutional literacy and public trust in agrarian representation. The study concludes that restoring legitimacy requires a new constitutional compact linking decarbonisation with rural equity and federal sovereignty.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17517995

Author: Adamson, Greg

Language: English

Topic: Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7103882130

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