Reforming Australia: New Policies for a New Generation

Reforming Australia

This book is based upon the November 2003 Economic and Social Outlook Conference, Pursuing Opportunity and Prosperity. In this book, the editors, along with other leading academics from the University of Melbourne and journalists from The Australian, draw out the new thinking behind the development of policies for a new generation of Australians.

Eds: Peter Dawkins and Mike Steketee

2004, 188 pages, ISBN: 86448 867 0

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction - Mike Steketee and Peter Dawkins
  • The Intergenerational Debate - Peter Dawkins
  • From Welfare to Work - Mike Steketee
  • Work and Family - Mark Wooden
  • Indigenous Development - George Megalogenis
  • Education and Innovation - Peter Dawkins
  • Health Policy - John Freebairn
  • Trade Liberalisation and the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement - Sisira Jayasuriya
  • Future Directions for Competition Policy - Stephen King
  • The Budget Constraint - Alan Wood
  • Conclusions - Peter Dawkins and Mike Steketee