Enthralling snippets from the 2020 summit…
2020 Summit
2020: Behind the scenes with the governance gang
Maxine McKew caused consternation when she looked through proposals from the 2020 Governance stream and asked where the Big Idea was. But she was right, reports Bernard Keane.
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World Youth Day … 2020 Summit … the crazy world of food pricing … the direction of journalism … Della Bosca …
2020: Where were John Howard’s four favourite chairmen?
Luminaries from the directors’ club were notably absent from the 2020 Summit, especially the four ageing chairmen most associated with the Howard years, writes Stephen Mayne.
Beecher: Rudd’s spruikers in the media on shaky ground
How can the fourth estate be a truly independent observer of government when some of its leading practitioners have become partners or spruikers of the same government? writes Eric Beecher.
Gans: A view from the Summit floor
I won’t lie to you, it was really great to be roaming Parliament House when so many famous faces were around, writes Joshua Gans.
NSW ALP leadership ignoring the rule book
So John Della Bosca, the NSW state government minister, thinks it’s “inappropriate” to threaten Labor members with expulsion from their party. Someone should have told Joe McDonald, writes Jeff Sparrow.
2020′s finest: the greatest hits of 1995
Kevin Rudd got two very useful things out of the 2020 Summit, writes Bernard Keane.
Barns: Don’t be fooled by Summit’s republican zeal
If the desire expressed at the 2020 Summit for a republic is to be translated into reality then it must be a bottom up campaign rather than a top down strategy, writes Greg Barns.
Flint: 2020 governance panel is a laughing stock
Not only was the 2020 Summit’s governance panel rigged, they are obviously in need of some elementary legal advice, writes David Flint.
No talking please, it’s a gabfest
Suppose they gave a talkfest, and nobody was allowed to talk? Bernard Keane goes 2020.
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Perhaps the thing is not to focus on the quality of ideas produced, but rather on the fact that a forum was constructed around the notion that ideas are important building blocks of our national future.
Hughes: 2020, GetUp!, and the getting of influence
The creeping influence of GetUp! is a sign of the changed political landscape in Canberra, and the new rules of doing business there, writes ANU marketing lecturer Andrew Hughes.
2020: My 200 words
Each participant in this weekend’s 2020 summit was asked to write 200 words on their main idea associated with the topic, and an issue that they’ve changed their mind over in the last 10 years. Here are some of the partcipants’ responses.
Canberra agog as the gabfest clears its throat
Everything’s in readiness for Gabfest ’08, and Canberra is buzzing… well, lightly humming, with excitement, writes Bernard Keane.
Rosemary Stanton: My menu for the 2020 Summit
As one who has accepted the invitation to participate in the 2020 summit, I have decided to ditch my usual cynicism because I believe we have a government who might just listen to us, writes Rosemary Stanton.
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Drug company-funded guidelines in hospitals … World Youth Day … food pricing … petrol … 2020 Summit … Harry Potter … Indigenous Australia …
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And the 2020 Summit brings us… a new collective noun. Hoorah.
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Jon Altman makes a resounding point in his piece on indigenous disadvantage in this Crikey edition.
From technology to content: The ABC shifts its focus
ABC Managing Director, Mark Scott has begun to switch the emphasis to content. First, he presents the ABC as the main home of Australian content, writes Margaret Simons.
Bill Glasson: We need a new type of health professional
Australia urgently needs to develop new ways of delivering health care, writes former AMA head Dr Bill Glasson.
Can we ever “close the gaps” in Indigenous outcomes?
For the past 25 years, successive governments have trumpted their plans to tackle indigenous disadvantage in this country. But when it comes to closing the gap, the future doesn’t look bright, writes Jon Altman.
Renewable energy on the outer at 2020
Judging by the participants of the climate change group at the 2020 Summit, it seems the Government might still be hanging onto the false hope that geosequestration is going to save the day for coal, writes Helen Oakey.
Tips and rumours
John Howard was very close to appointing a female Governor-General after Bill Deane. The vetting and security checks had been complete, Buck Palace had been informed, but at the last minute the candidate pulled out for family reasons. Instead we ended up with Abp. Hollingworth. Telstra’s Phil Burgess just gave a speech at the CommsDay […]
