Battlelines
A Politics, Biography, Australia book. In the narrative of the left, Australia was a boring outpost of the...
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- Pages: 224 pages
- ISBN: 9780522864243 / 0
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As with public hospitals, better public schools are likely to emerge when local teachers and parents have more say over how their schools are run. Its especially important to give parents a direct say in the running of schools rather than just an advisory role. Even Tony Abbott, Battlelines // In the narrative of the left, Australia was a boring outpost of the British Empire until Gough Whitlam became prime minister, formally ended the White Australia policy, instituted multiculturalism and gave Aborigines land rights. Whitlams brief government was certainly a cultural watershed, but not everything that happened before 1972 is irrelevant and not all that happened afterwards is admirable. Australia was never quite the antipodean England of left-wing mythology. People from Africa, Asia and many of the countries of Europe were aboard the early... The basic problem is that most Western countries have privatised the next generation. Having children tends to be regarded as a personal choice rather than a social good. Tony Abbott, Battlelines //
A political manifesto so difficult to get excited about. I did like his references to Hayek and Friedman et al and Abbott clearly is extremely well read in classical liberalism. A smart guy. Self indulgent; enough said. Tony Abbott's Battlelines is indicative of who Tony Abbott is at his very core, a deeply confused politician. I remember reading David Marr's essay on Abbott, and one passage stuck out on how Tony Abbott "walks back" his views over the years and apologises for or indeed completely changes his thinking on any given topic. You never quite...
