Pushing our luck: authors and chapters announced!

Forthcoming CPD book – the project takes shape…

CPD’s forthcoming book Pushing our luck will contain 10 chapters by experts and critical thinkers in their respective fields.

Authors were encouraged to imagine what policies their ideal government would implement for the future of all Australians.

Introduction: Miriam Lyons – Making Australia more welcoming to big ideas and long term thinking?


Chris Bonnor and Jane Caro – Educating equally – and the consequences of school inequality


Ian McAuley: The end of the resource boom – why economic diversity matters


Geoff Gallop: How to make Australia more democratic




John Wiseman: How Australia would look if we took climate seriously


Lindy Edwards: The future of Australian diversity


Lisa Heap: The rise of insecure jobs


Roy Green: The risks of falling productivity


Jennifer Doggett: Getting better – improving the health care system




Eva Cox: Using welfare to make Australian society more inclusive


Shaun Wilson, Adam Stebbing, Adrian March and Miriam Lyons: Why Australians need to pay more tax

 

[image error] Short-term thinking cannot address Australia’s long-term dilemmas – help CPD publish Pushing our luck for a better-informed debate!