This website exists to contribute to a national debate about what sort of country Australia is in the opening decades of the 21st century and where it should be going. We hope visitors will find ideas they agree with - or which at least prompt them to think about why they disagree. It brings together in an easily accessible way a number of speeches made by Paul Keating as Prime Minister of Australia between 1991 and 1996 and speeches and other writings since then. It also provides links to other sites that are contributing to the cause of an open, diverse, tolerant, equitable and forward-looking Australia. "The transforming impact of the information revolution on our society and the world has only just begun. If Australia is to remain a prosperous economy and a community which values equality and justice, few things will be more important for us than the hard task of public policy making and engaging in the national reflection and debate that must accompany it." Paul Keating |
 Eulogy for Geoffrey Tozer Australia & Asia & the New Order after the Financi Churchill and Australia - The Launch Melbourne Writers' Festival Asian Leadership Conference 2008 |
Read an exclusive extract from Paul Keating's book
Click on the Engagement button at the top of the page to read the first chapter.
