This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott was published in The Deal magazine on 19 May 2017. Australians share a hardwired belief in fairness and progress. Yet for much of our history, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have not come close...
This opinion article by Grant King was published in The Australian Financial Review on 17 May 2017. Australia last recorded a budget surplus in 2007-08. Whenever surpluses have since been forecast they have not been achieved. Last week, the government...
This opinion article by Jennifer Westacott was published in The Australian Financial Review on 5 May, 2017. Every Australian should be concerned that we have recorded a decade of budget deficits. Since the nation’s last surplus budget in 2007 the...
This essay by Jennifer Westacott was published in The Weekend Australian on May 6, 2017. It is part of the Priority for Prosperity series which explores core challenges for Australian society. Australians instinctively judge the behaviour of others through the prism of...
This essay by Jennifer Westacott was published in The Weekend Australian on April 20, 2017. It was the sixth in the Priorities for Prosperity series, which explored issues important to sustaining Australia's wellbeing. Spend any time among aspirational young Australian tertiary students,...