Tim Watts

A topical and provocative exploration of Australian identity by Federal MP and author Tim Watts. John Howard was the unlikely reformer of Australian society. He loosened migration laws, massively boosting the population and making it less white. Simultaneously, his divisive rhetoric about national identity—a legacy of White Australia—hamstrung discussion of these huge changes. As the MP for a diverse electorate,...

What will Australia be like in 2040? Will society be more unequal, the fair go long gone? What will drive economic growth? Will our democracy become ever more fractious, or can we revitalise it? And how should we respond to the Digital Revolution, climate change, and regional instability? Too often, these questions get churned up in the spin cycle of...