What's the story? Nation-building narratives in climate politics
Climate change politics in Australia has been defined by incendiary rhetoric and increasing public disillusionment. The experience underlines the need to move away from cosmopolitan ethics and towards muscular nation-building. Climate change action requires broad coalitions of support and an acknowledgement that reform will be costly.  |  | Promoting Good Choices: Patterns of Habit and the Role of Government
We are creatures of culture and routine: many of our choices are driven by social norms and semi-conscious habit, rather than deliberation. This paper describes the the range of factors shaping patterns of choice, from brain to society, and the spectrum of policy tools for establishing the conditions for good choices | | The Per Capita Tax Survey
This report presents the results of a Survey on public attitudes towards taxation in Australia. The poll reveals that Australians believe in a progressive tax system and a society that invests in the provision of public goods and services, even if that requires periodic budget deficits. | |
| | Independents may hold key to policy reform, The Australian, 30 August 2010
For five long weeks, it seemed the big loser of the election campaign was policy reform. Neither side took a convincing policy agenda to the electorate, instead choosing to play to the findings of their focus group research. Paradoxically, the election result means policy reform may now be the big winner. | | The true believers must now rally to save Labor's languishing soul, The Australian, 25 August 2010
Three years ago, the election of a Labor government raised progressive hopes of a reforming golden age. They have been disappointed. True believers are wondering whether they can still believe. It is not an uplifting time to be an Australian social democrat. | | Market design may define PM's green legacy, The Australian, 30 July 2010
In her recent speech to the National Press Club, Julia Gillard identified market design as a central element of her micro-economic reform agenda. Given this, it's worth exploring market design in more detail. What is it? And how does it answer the age-old question of the role of the state in the economy? | |
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Latest breaking thoughts, opinions, research and predictions from the Per Capita Circle. | | An Address by the Prime Minister, Adelaide, 12 July 2010
The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister of Australia, addressed the Per Capita Circle on Monday 12 July 2010. In her speech, the Prime Minister outlined how her life experiences had shaped the progressive values that she brings to her politics. | | The Ethics of Climate Change, 11 June 2010
As part of the 2010 Alfred Deakin Lecture series, Tim Soutphommasane looks at how Australia can build a sustainable future. | | Dimensions of Power, Speech to Our Community Conference, 31 May 2010
Power - where does it comes from? What is it that enables the powerful to exert control over the disempowered? And how have the various sources of power changed over time? David Hetherington examines dimensions of power throughout history and in contemporary Australia. | | Networking tools
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