Who Dares Loses: Pariah Policies (In the National Interest)

Peter van Onselen, Wayne Errington

$19.95

Publication Date: November 1st, 2021

Publisher:

Monash University Publishing

ISBN:

9781922464637

Pages:

Description

Why does Australia go through cycles of public policy boldness and timidity? The COVID-19 crisis has shown that the Australian political system has much more tolerance for policy innovation than appeared to be the case on the evidence of the previous twenty years. As another election approaches, though, the signs are that both major parties are keen for a return to policy caution. In Who Dares Loses: Pariah Policies, Wayne Errington and Peter van Onselen explain the political constraints on policymakers and the ways in which they are changing. This book also suggests alternative sources of revenue and spending reforms. In addition, it examines the limited debates over welfare, Medicare, and public broadcasting. Some of these ideas have been around for decades. Others are the product of new technology. What they have in common is that they are good ideas that have become pariahs when it comes to government action.

About the Author

Dr. Peter van Onselen is Network 10’s Political Editor and writes a weekly column in the Weekend Australian. He co-hosts The Sunday Project with Lisa Wilkinson and appears regularly as a panellist on ABC’s Insiders. Peter is a professor of politics and public policy at the University of Western Australia and Griffith University. He has written six books on Australian politics, including the recently released How Good Is Scott Morrison? (with Wayne Errington). Dr. Wayne Errington is Adjunct Associate Professor in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Adelaide. He received his undergraduate degree and PhD from the University of Western Australia, and he is the author, with Peter van Onselen, of the bestselling John Winston Howard: The Definitive Biography. Wayne has also published feature articles and opinion pieces in all the major national newspapers. His current research and teaching interests are in Australian parties and elections, as well as leadership and communication.