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What Labor
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Edited by nick dyrenfurth and tim soutphommasane
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Author: Dyrenfurth, Nick.
Title: All that’s left: What Labor should stand for/by Nick Dyrenfurth and
Tim Soutphommasane.
ISBN: 978 174223 242 3 (pbk.)
Subjects: Political science – Australia.
Political planning – Australia.
Political development.
Australia – Politics and government.
Other Authors/Contributors: Soutphommasane, Tim.
Dewey Number: 320.994
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Contents
Notes on contributors vii
Introduction 1
Nick Dyrenfurth and Tim Soutphommasane
1 It’s the culture, stupid 15
Nick Dyrenfurth
2 Social justice and the good society 37
Tim Soutphommasane
3 Does size matter? 57
David Burchell
4 In defence of federalism 77
Geoff Gallop
5 Progressive economics 97
David Hetherington
6 Back to the future for Indigenous Australia 113
Larissa Behrendt
7 A real education revolution 135
Tony Moore
8 A Red–Green coalition 155
Dennis Glover
9 Twenty-first century unionism 173
Paul Howes
10 Trust in politics 191
Lindsay Tanner
Postscript: What Labor should stand for 206
Tim Soutphommasane and Nick Dyrenfurth
Index 215
notes on
Contributors
Larissa Behrendt
Professor Larissa Behrendt is a Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman.
Larissa is Professor of Law and Director of Research at the
Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning. She is a barrister,
founding member of the Australian Academy of Law and a
director of the Bangarra Dance Theatre and the Museum of
Contemporary Art. She won the 2002 David Uniapon Award
and a 2005 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for her novel Home.
david BurcheLL
Dr David Burchell teaches history and political thought at
the University of Western Sydney. His publications include
Western Horizon: Sydney’s Heartland and the Future of Aus-
tralian Politics (2003) and The Prince’s New Clothes: Why do
Australians Dislike Their Politicians? (with Andrew Leigh,
UNSW Press, 2002). David also writes a weekly column for
The Australian.
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nick dyrenfurth
Dr Nick Dyrenfurth is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in
Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney.
Previously he taught history and politics at Monash Univer-
sity. Nick is the author of Heroes and Villains: the Rise and
Fall of the Early Australian Labor Party (2010) and co-edited
Confusion: The Making of the Australian Two-Party System
(2009). He is a frequent contributor to The Australian.
Geoff GaLLop
Professor Geoff Gallop AC studied at the University of
Western Australia, Murdoch University and the University of
Oxford before becoming a member of the Western Austra-
lian Parliament in 1986. He was a minister in the Lawrence
Government (1990–93) and the Leader of the Opposition
from 1996 to 2001. From 2001 to 2006 he was the Premier
of Western Australia. Since 2006 he has been the Director
of the Graduate School of Government at the University of
Sydney.
dennis GLover
Dr Dennis Glover is an author and speechwriter with many
years experience on the staff of senior politicians. His opinion
columns, essays and reviews appear predominantly in The
Australian. Dennis is also a fellow of Per Capita, a progres-
sive think tank. His most recent book was Orwell’s Aus-
tralia (2003). The Art of Great Speeches will be published in
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late 2010. He holds degrees from Monash and Cambridge
universities.
david hetherinGton
David Hetherington is the founding Executive Director of
Per Capita, a progressive think tank. He has previously
worked at the UK’s Institute for Public Policy Research and
LEK Consulting. His articles have appeared in The Austra-
lian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Austra-
lian Financial Review, and he is a regular commentator on
ABC Radio National. David studied Arts at UNSW and holds
a Master of Public Administration from the London School
of Economics.
pauL howes
Paul Howes is the National Secretary of the Australian
Workers’ Union and Vice President of the Australian Council
of Trade Unions. He has been a union official since 1999
and holds a number of positions on government and private
advisory boards including as a director of the nation’s largest
superannuation fund, AustralianSuper.
tony Moore
Dr Tony Moore is Director of Monash University’s National
Centre for Australian Studies, a Fellow of the Centre for
Policy Development, and Research Director for the Austra-
lian Fabian Society. He is the author of Death or Liberty:
