In this edition we publish a collection of papers presented at the recent “New Politics – New Visions for Australia” seminar covened by Geoff Boucher, Matt Sharpe and David McKnight… more
InSight (2008-11)
The National Limits of Diversity
Tim Soutphommasane contends that the expression of cultural diversity means very little if it is not understood as part of a broader social justice agenda that seeks to ensure all… more
Social democracy is not enough
Drew Hutton proposes that leftists who care more about the loss of coal mining jobs than reducing carbon emissions can place themselves alongside the climate change denialists, the right-wing think… more
When the music stops
Kenneth Davidson provides some reasons why we need a carbon tax: to make the polluters feel the cost of their polluting; to finance a massive increase in spending on green… more
A politics of climate change
Michael Pusey wants climate change to drive a meaningful consensus for new politics, policies and programs. He urges us to ground the narrative in concrete, accessible, and arresting visual images;… more
Less comfortable for some…
David Ritter argues that climate change and environmental degradation have no value-neutral solutions, and that each potential policy prescription is necessarily founded in some broader concept of the ‘good society’.
Ideologies after the age of progress
David West takes a peep through the ‘sustainability looking glass’ to reveal a brave new world in which today’s conservatives have become the new radicals – wedded to unending and… more
What comes after neoliberalism? Reframing markets
Lindy Edwards suggests that new understandings of the strengths and weaknesses of markets allow progressives to look at economic growth through a new lens – as the product of cooperation.… more
Thinking about a new progressive vision
David McKnight, co-convenor of the New Politics Seminar, makes the case for a new social vision – one that addresses the dearth of alternatives to ‘business as usual’ neoliberalism. Social… more