Future Proofing Australia : the Right Answers for Our Future
Future Proofing Australia is a selection of essays by distinguished thinkers and doers boldly confronting the future and mapping out a path for our country. The contributors understand that ideas matter. They want to see Australia identify, confront and overcome significant challenges affecting our...
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Carlton :
Melbourne University Pub.,
2013
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Introduction; Part I: Society; Education for moral understanding; Religion, Christianity and social capital; Health care; Social inclusion?; Planning well and planning now for our ageing population; Rights must yield to community prosperity; Part II: Economy; Why a strong mining industry matters; Transport infrastructure; Food security and Australia's national interest; Science, technology and innovation in Australia's future; The (ab)use of markets; Competition policy for the future; Part III: The Nation; Australia's security policy over the next three decades
- Australia's water future in the twenty-first centuryFederalism; Demography for Australia's future; How's the house?; Constitutional recognition of Aborigines; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes