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Published
Melbourne University Press, October 2024
ISBN
9780522880878
Format
Softcover, 272 pages
Dimensions
23.4cm × 15.4cm × 2.5cm

A Better Australia Politics, Public Policy and How to Achieve Lasting Reform

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An inside look at effective policy making, realised through hard-won public policy battles

What does successful public policy look like, and how has it been achieved in Australia? What strategies are needed to overcome petty partisanship and narrow self-interest? And who gets to decide what a 'better Australia' even looks like?

In A Better Australia John Brumby, Scott Hamilton and Stuart Kells examine policy design, implementation and reform, and show what can be achieved when engagement is sincere and intent clear.

Leading policymakers and political insiders - Julia Gillard, Malcolm Turnbull, Cheryl Kernot, John Hewson, Ken Wyatt, Christine Milne and more - dissect the development of successful policy in energy, gun control, natural resources taxation, disability insurance, marriage equality, gender equality in the workplace, superannuation, reproductive healthcare reform, Closing the Gap and the pandemic response.

A Better Australia takes us behind the scenes of the hard-won policy battles, showing the wide-ranging effects of good policy.

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