Quarterly Essay 82 Exit Strategy

Author : George Megalogenis
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1743821700
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quarterly Essay 82 Exit Strategy written by George Megalogenis and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2021-06-26 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the fires and the plague, Scott Morrison had no choice but to adapt his style of leadership. But does he have an exit strategy for Australia from the pandemic? In this original essay, George Megalogenis explores the new politics of care and fear. He shows how our economic officials learnt the lessons of past recessions and applied them to new circumstances. But where to from here? Megalogenis analyses the shifting dynamics of the federation and the appeal of closed borders. He discusses the fate of higher education – what happened to the clever country? And he asks: what should government be responsible for in the twenty-first century, and does the Morrison government have the imagination for the job? “Morrison has no political interest in talking about the future. But passivity does not reduce the threat of another outbreak. In any case, the future is making demands on Australia in other ways.” —George Megalogenis, Exit Strategy

Author : George Megalogenis
Publisher : Black Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781760642860
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Care and Fear: the New Politics; Quarterly Essay 82 written by George Megalogenis and published by Black Incorporated. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Denniss
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 174382081X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Right written by Richard Denniss and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated and expanded edition of the bestselling Quarterly Essay

How did the banks run wild for so long? Why are so many aged-care residents malnourished? And when did arms manufacturers start sponsoring the Australian War Memorial?

In Dead Right, Richard Denniss explores what neoliberalism has done to Australia. For decades, we have been led to believe that the private sector does everything better, that governments can’t afford to provide the high-quality services they once did, but that security and prosperity for all are just around the corner. In fact, Australians are now less equal, millions of workers have no sick leave or paid holidays, and housing is unaffordable for many. Deregulation, privatisation and trickle-down economics have, we are told, delivered us twenty-seven years of growth ... but to what end?

Denniss looks at ways to renew our democracy and discusses everything from the fragmenting Coalition to an idea of the national interest that goes beyond economics. This is a sparkling book of ideas, and the perfect starting point for thinking about how we can best shape Australia’s future.

Author : Judith Brett
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1743821360
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quarterly Essay 78 The Coal Curse written by Judith Brett and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia is a wealthy nation with the economic profile of a developing country – heavy on raw materials, and low on innovation and skilled manufacturing. Once we rode on the sheep’s back for our overseas trade; today we rely on cartloads of coal and tankers of LNG. So must we double down on fossil fuels, now that COVID-19 has halted the flow of international students and tourists? Or is there a better way forward, which supports renewable energy and local manufacturing? Judith Brett traces the unusual history of Australia’s economy and the “resource curse” that has shaped our politics. She shows how the mining industry learnt to run fear campaigns, and how the Coalition became dominated by fossil-fuel interests to the exclusion of other voices. In this insightful essay about leadership, vision and history, she looks at the costs of Australia’s coal addiction and asks, where will we be if the world stops buying it? “Faced with the crisis of a global pandemic, for the first time in more than a decade Australia has had evidence-based, bipartisan policy-making. Politicians have listened to the scientists and ... put ideology and the protection of vested interests aside and behaved like adults. Can they do the same to commit to fast and effective action to try to save our children’s and grandchildren’s future, to prevent the catastrophic fires and heatwaves the scientists predict, the species extinction and the famines?” —Judith Brett, The Coal Curse

Author : Sarah Krasnostein
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 174382209X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in AustraliaQuarterly Essay 85 written by Sarah Krasnostein and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around one-fifth of Australians will suffer from mental illness in any given year. And the pandemic is making things worse, especially in schools. Our mental health system is under stress and not fit for purpose. What is to be done? In this brilliant mix of portraiture and analysis, Sarah Krasnostein tells the stories of three women and their treatment by the state while at their most unwell. What do their experiences tell us about the likelihood of institutional and cultural change? Krasnostein argues that we live in a society that often punishes vulnerability, but shows we have the resources to mend a broken system. But do we have the will to do so, or must the patterns of the past persist into the future?

Author : Graeme Turner
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702268038
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shrinking Nation written by Graeme Turner and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, Australia has been experiencing a sustained period of accelerated socio-cultural change, accompanied by existential threats from natural disasters and the Covid pandemic, and punctuated by repeated cycles of political upheaval. The divisive and hyper-partisan version of party politics that has accompanied these events has hamstrung the nation' s capacity to respond to the challenges of the day &– from dealing with climate change, to advancing gender equity, or to renovating the buckling structures of social welfare. At the same time, we have seen the quality of our democracy compromised. In The Shrinking Nation, leading cultural historian Graeme Turner examines a wide range of social and cultural change, including the role played by a media environment swamped by misinformation, the social consequences of neoliberal economic policy, and the divisive legacy of the culture wars, before considering how we might strengthen the bonds of community and belonging that tie our nation together.

Author : Charles Hawksley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000985385
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pandemic, States and Socieites in the Asia-Pacific, 2020-2021 written by Charles Hawksley and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hawksley and Georgeou bring together scholars and practitioners from across the region to analyse the main effects of the first two years of the COVID pandemic in a range of case studies from Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and Oceania. The book provides a broad survey of how Indonesia, Bangladesh, Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Nepal, Australia, Cambodia, Taiwan, and New Zealand attempted to manage the COVID pandemic; the challenges they faced; and how they fared. Drawing on insights from politics, economics, sociology, law, public health, education, and geography, most authors are nationals of the cases they discuss. Written in non-specialist language, ten case studies are examined, providing a useful analysis of the first two years of COVID in the Asia-Pacific from the emergence of COVID in January 2020 to the lifting of restrictions in December 2021. Chapters focus on different issues according to the scholar’s academic expertise, and a wide diversity of national pandemic experiences, challenges, and responses are showcased. An essential read for scholars and students interested in the areas of Asia-Pacific politics, sociology, and public health.

Author : Jamie Reilly
Publisher : Sydney University Press
ISBN 13 : 1743329237
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engaging China written by Jamie Reilly and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the strategic rivalry between the United States and China rapidly deepens, growing distrust and fears of China are once again shaping Australian media coverage and public discourse, with potent implications for Australia’s China policy. At this crucial historical moment, Engaging China offers a full-throated defence of engagement. This volume brings together a diverse set of Australia’s seasoned diplomats, experienced journalists and renowned scholars to assess the current state of Australia–China relations and offer pragmatic advice for how Australia can restore a healthy and stable relationship with China. Over the past five decades, Australia’s engagement of China has facilitated a deepening economic relationship alongside expanded cultural, educational and people-to-people exchanges, fostering greater understanding between the two countries and populations. The contributors to this volume share a common vision: Australia and Australians should continue to engage with China and Chinese people for mutual benefit. The chapters take stock of past achievements, identify recent challenges and offer practical suggestions for how the Australian government and Australian firms, institutions and individuals can proactively, productively and securely engage with China. Australia’s rich and diverse relations with China extend far beyond the political and economic interactions that tend to dominate news headlines. In explaining how and why an engagement strategy continues to serve Australian interests, Engaging China offers a timely alternative to the prevailing public and policy discourses on Australia’s most challenging bilateral relationship.

Author : Joo-Cheong Tham
Publisher : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
ISBN 13 : 9176716341
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climate Change and Democracy: Insights from Asia and the Pacific written by Joo-Cheong Tham and published by International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA). This book was released on 2023-06-02 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy is on trial in the climate crisis. It is charged with having failed to prevent dangerous climate change. To its critics, the very same features of democracy praised as its defining virtues—popular sovereignty, the accountability and responsiveness of elected officials, public debate and deliberation—are handicaps that impede effective climate action. However, this trial is not over and it would not be safe to deliver a verdict at this stage. The case for authoritarian regimes is flawed in both theory and practice and while it is late for preventing the worst impacts of climate change, there is still a window to provide a climate-safe future. Here, it is overwhelmingly democratic nations that are taking the lead. With this in mind, this Report focuses on democracy and the climate crisis in the Asia and the Pacific region. A regional approach based on case studies has been chosen to contextualize the challenges to democracy arising from this crisis. The Asia and the Pacific region is significant for several reasons—it is the most populous in the world; it is a region that will be disproportionately affected by climate change and where many countries are considered highly vulnerable; and, as this Report makes clear, it is also a place where there have been vibrant innovations to democratic institutions and practices for dealing with the climate crisis.

Author : George Megalogenis
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
ISBN 13 : 174348299X
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australia's Second Chance written by George Megalogenis and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of The Australian Moment asks the most important question confronting the country right now – how do we maintain our winning streak? Most nations don't get a first chance to prosper. Australia is on its second. For the best part of the nineteenth century, Australia was the world's richest country, a pioneer for democracy and a magnet for migrants. Yet our last big boom was followed by a fifty-year bust as we lost our luck, our riches and our nerve, and shut our doors on the world. Now we're back on top, in the position where history tells us we made our biggest mistakes. Can we learn from our past and cement our place as one of the world's great nations? Showing that our future is in our foundation, Australia's Second Chance goes back to 1788, the first contact between locals and migrants, to bring us a unique and fascinating view of the key events of our past right through to the present day. With newly available economic data and fresh interviews with former leaders (including the last major interview with Malcolm Fraser), George Megalogenis crunches the numbers and weaves our history into a riveting argument, brilliantly chronicling our dialogue with the world and bringing welcome insight into the urgent question of who we are, and what we can become. 'Megalogenis has emerged as something of a polymath. He slaps history and politics and culture like mortar in and around his knowledge of economics and numbers to build compelling, even thrilling, theses about the country of his birth and where it stands in the world.' Tony Wright, Saturday Age