Is big policy reform still possible? Does Australia have the political will to tackle generational issues such as climate change, the housing crisis, rising inequality and Closing the Gap?
And how did the Rudd and Gillard governments develop such transformational initiatives as the Apology to the Stolen Generations, paid parental leave and the National Disability Insurance Scheme?
According to Labor policymaker and former Social Services Minister Jenny Macklin, Australia wants to remain prosperous and fair, big policy reform is not just possible, it’s essential.
In this episode of Gleetalks, Macklin talks to her successor as Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek about how she and policymakers such as such as Julia Gillard, Brian Howe, Bill Kelty and Ross Garnaut war-gamed ways to turn good policy ideas into reality in her book Making Progress: How Good Policy Happens, published by Melbourne University Press.
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