This compendium features distinct visions for the future of Australia through the thoughts and ideas of four successful young Australians. Topics of discussion include foreign policy, private sector expansion, and reconciliation with indigenous Australians. Australia is ready for a new national vision, a roadmap for its future. Four exciting, new and talented young Australians articulate such a vision offering fresh ideas and bold thinking about the country's future political, economic and social policy.Intelligent, far-sighted and spirited, Imagining Australia promises to find its place among the select few books to have redefined our country. Jointly written by four young Australians, Imagining Australia offers a host of exciting new ideas to transform Australia into the quintessential twenty-first century nation. Drawing upon the best policy thinking from around the world, and on their own experiences in the public, private and non-government sectors, the authors argue that Australia can tap the best of its history to rejuvenate the great Australian project. Forging a new national identity, transforming our democracy, building an intellectual nation, sustaining economic growth, engaging with the world, and generating a lasting reconciliation with Indigenous Australians are just some of the issues that Imagining Australia addresses with creativity and vision.'While I can't agree with everything in this book, the freshness of its ideas, the idealism of its authors and their ambition for Australia make it an excellent starting point for a new debate about where our country is heading and what sort of society we are becoming.'- Mark Latham, Federal Labor Leader'Will the Australia of tomorrow be a new Garden of Eden or a temple to the Golden Calf? This stimulating and exciting book poses the big questions. It demands that each reader imagine a new course for the nation's future.'- Michael Kirby AC CMG'Imagining Australia is full of newly minted ideas, scrubbed up old ideas, lively analysis and sparkling writing. I wish something like it had been around when I started out. In fact, I rather wish I'd written it.'- Gareth Evans AO QC, President of the International Crisis Group and Former Foreign MinisterFor an online discussion of Imagining Australia, please visit www.imaginingaustralia.comAll royalties from the sale of this book will go to the Imagining Australia Foundation, a charitable body established to promote social entrepreneurship in Australia. This book represents a fresh vision for a new political, economic and social policy for Australia. Unlike many books which react to immediate or pressing policy issues, this book offers an outline for Australia's policy future focusing more on 2020 than 2004. Considers Australia's national identity, how to strengthen the fabric of our communities and how Australia can play a leading role in the international community. Macgregor Duncan ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
