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Reflections on government and COVID19: expertise, the role of government, the new public work, social imagination and beating the binary #2

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5 Public work is work that results in solutions and services that are available and accessible to all, are usually paid for by some form of collective investment and effort and which are accountable and ethical in ways that everyone can …

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Reflections on government and COVID19: expertise, the role of government, the new public work, social imagination and beating the binary #1

Government & public sector

1 It turns out that good government, done well and an effective, skilled and well-resourced public sector matter. They matter all the time, but they matter especially in times of crisis and danger. The trouble is, if you don’t think they …

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Covid, climate and change – pondering the dividend

I have spent the weekend, among other things, reading a remarkable set of 12 essays from Dan Hill, currently working in Stockholm for Vinnova, the Swedish Government innovation agency. I've known Dan for some time since we met in Sydney …

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“I pictured Valhalla as a never-ending stag do, while the Christian Heaven appeared as an eerily quiet place..with some great-aunt who disapproved of everything. The Viking religion seemed it was designed by adolescent males, while Christianity was thought up by elderly women.”

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“paradoxically, as the sea of faith retreated, more public intellectuals take it seriously...Christianity was the wellspring of individualism..contrary to the belief Enlightenment liberalism was a revolt against the medieval Church, it was a product of it” unherd.com/2021/04/how-go…

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“Germany established itself as a model when it passed two laws committing to completely phasing out coal power and providing $47.3 billion in funding to help coal regions like Lusatia diversify their economies.” Think clearly, plan ahead, do it together. vox.com/platform/amp/e…

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“As a society, it is critical that we acknowledge and celebrate the honour that should come from a career looking after our elderly citizens,” he said. There is a big #culturechange and #valued dimension to #newdealforcare

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smh.com.au/politics/feder… “strong aged care sector with a high-quality and skilled workforce will provide older Australians with the care they rightly deserve and give all Australians confidence that our elderly are cared for with kindness, respect and dignity.” #newdealforcare

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