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Index
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Introduction: Seeing the world with the past. A call to historians and policymakers
Part I: How a Knowledge of History Makes Better Policy
1 Writing the history of the future
2 Learning the right lessons? Two policy stories
3 Historians: Bridging the divide with policymakers
Part II: Lessons from History
4 Making time for history: Climate change and detoxing from progress
5 Urban water policy in a drying continent
6 War with China: What can history teach us?
7 Past as prologue: Repairing Australia’s trade relationship with China
8 Foreign aid: Australia’s reputation at stake?
9 An open door? Foreign investment and multinational companies
10 Tackling inequality: Lessons from the postwar reconstruction
11 Electricity problems? Call a historian. Learning from the history of electricity reform in Australia
12 Governing during economic crisis: The importance of memory
13 We need to hear the voices of refugees: Citizen engagement for reforming refugee policy
14 The ‘Muslim Problem’ in Australia: The role of political leadership
15 Why soldiers commit war crimes – and what we can do about it
16 How can we fight the far right?
17 The genie is out of the bottle: Self-determination and First Nations peoples of Australia
18 Pipelines and catalysts: Lessons from the history of women in corporate leadership
19 Beyond productivity: Working mothers and childcare policy
20 Too much talk, not enough action? Federal government responses to domestic violence
21 The neglected north: Developing Northern Australia from the south since 1901
22 How to fix our federation
Conclusion: The history of the future
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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