AWW22 Policy Drift - John Daley and Martin Parkinson

Chaired by Paul Barclay


After consistent reform at a Federal level across the Hawke,
Keating, Howard and Gillard Governments, policy ambition seems to
have stalled. In his book A Decade of Drift, Martin Parkinson
recounts serving six prime ministers as an integral part of key
policy development at the highest levels. As CEO of the Grattan
Institute for eleven years, John Daley has published widely
across key policy areas, his writings underpinned by themes of
prioritising government initiatives and the limits to government
effectiveness. They argue Australia should demand more courage
and commitment from their political leaders.