Dear Mr Rudd: Ideas for a Better Australia

Melbourne, Black Inc. Agenda, 2008 [1st edition]; 155 x 235 mm, 294 pp. Soft Cover - Fine/Like New. With the election of the Rudd government, there was revived interest in the nation's futureboth the challenges and the opportunitiesand in this volume, edited by Robert Manne, leading Australian thinkers explored numerous ideas through essays on their key areas of interest, including climate change, the economy, human rights, education, health, the republic and much more besides. The cover blurb claimed that, ""This is not an academic contribution or a set of policy statements. Rather, at this time of national renewal, it is an invitation to debate and discussion issued by many passionate and imaginative Australians."" Those Australians and their subjects are: MARK McKENNA THE REPUBLIC PAT DODSON RECONCILIATION GEOFF GALLOP THE FEDERATION HARRY EVANS PARLIAMENT PATRICK WELLER THE PUBLIC SERVICE MARK AARONS LABOR AND UNIONS HUGH WHITE DEFENCE WILLIAM MALEY FOREIGN AFFAIRS MARTIN KRYGIER WAR ON TERROR SIMON MARGINSON UNIVERSITIES MIKE YOUNG WATER ANDREW CHARLTON THE ECONOMY BILL BOWTELL HEALTH ANNE MANNE FAMILIES MARCIA LANGTON INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS JILL MURRAY WORKPLACE RELATIONS JULIAN DISNEY HOUSING CLIVE HAMILTON CLIMATE CHANGE JULIANA ENGBERG THE ARTS