AQ: Australian Quarterly

For over 85 years AQ: Australian Quarterly has been packing its pages with the country’s most distinguished and passionate thinkers, tackling the big issues in science, politics and society. With longer-style articles written by those at the forefront of the debates, AQ is unique in bridging the gap between journal and magazine, combining the compelling writing of a glossy with the intellectual rigour of a journal. If it matters to Australia then it matters to AQ.

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AQ: Australian Quarterly

Pieces of the Same Solution: Reimagining the Public Good • We’ve come through a transformative election, into a new dawn of possibility. Australia’s Parliament not only has a new government and Prime Minister, but an unusual crossbench configuration eager to fight for climate, integrity and democracy. To make it happen, record numbers of people volunteered like never before, ran for office like never before, and shifted their voting habits like never before.

Life on the Edge: Adapting Coastal Management in a Changing Climate • Back-to-back severe storms battered the coast over months and months. The dunes eroded and the beaches were stripped bare of sand. There was barely enough space to lay a towel on the sand - if you could even make your way down the cliff at the end of the access path. Seawalls and walkways along the coast were damaged by the blows of powerful waves, bits of steel reinforcement and pipes stuck out here and there. Many of the beachfront houses were crumbling into the ocean too, their occupants forced out; rubble and pollution littered the beach from end to end. We stopped going to the beach.

Setting the agenda • Reform and renewal are on the agenda after the dramatic shift heralded by the recent election. To get a broader sense of the steps we can take to start moving the country towards a more prosperous, sustainable, and equitable future, AQ challenged some of Australia’s key thought leaders to identify their top-priority reforms

You Get What You Pay For: Tackling The Tax Taboo • Australia’s public sector isn’t big enough to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century, good enough to meet the expectations of the Australian public, or well governed enough to cope with the inevitable expansion heading its way. It was entirely incapable of protecting Australians from the cronyism and the contemptuous use of public money for political gain that became apparent in recent years.

How to Create an Infostructure to Protect Data as a Utility • Citizens need good data nearly as much as they need clean drinking water and stable electricity. In order to secure this right for its citizens, governments need to lead the way in the organised, whole-of-society treatment of data as a utility.

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