Australia Fair: Listening to the Nation: Quarterly Essay 73 - Tapa blanda

Huntley, Rebecca

 
9781760641399: Australia Fair: Listening to the Nation: Quarterly Essay 73
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 1760641391 ISBN 13: 9781760641399
Editorial: Quarterly Essay, 2019

Sinopsis

What do Australians want most from their next government? In this vivid, grounded, surprising essay, Rebecca Huntley listens to the people and hears a call for change. Too often we focus on the angry, reactionary minority. But, Huntley shows, there is also a large progressive centre. For some time, a clear majority have been saying they want action - on climate and energy, on housing and inequality, on corporate donations and the corruption of democracy. Would a Shorten Labor government rise to this challenge? What can be learnt from the failures of past governments? Was marriage equality just the beginning? In Australia Fair, Rebecca Huntley reveals the state of the nation and makes the case for democratic renewal - should the next government heed the call. "Often the claim is made that our politics and politicians are poll-driven. This is, on the whole, bunkum. If polls were influential, we would have invested much more in renewable energy, maintained and even increased funding to the ABC, and made child care cheaper. We may already have made changes to negative gearing and moved towards adopting elements of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. We would have taken up the first iteration of the Gonski education reforms. These are some of the issues where a democratic majority comes together, a basic agreement crossing party lines."-Rebecca Huntley, Australia Fair

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Quarterly Essay
Año de publicación
2019
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1760641391
ISBN 13 
9781760641399
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
100
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
no disponible