Postcode: The Splintering of a Nation
| Postcode: The Splintering of a Nation | |
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 2005 edition cover |
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| Author(s) | Wayne Swan |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Politics |
| Publisher | Pluto Press Australia |
| Publication date | 2005 |
| Media type | Softcover |
| Pages | 248 |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-86403-360-6 |
| OCLC Number | 61203382 |
| Dewey Decimal | 330.994 22 |
| LC Classification | HN850.Z9 S6472 2005 |
Postcode: The Splintering of a Nation is a book by Australian politician Wayne Swan published in 2005. Swan has been Federal Treasurer since November 2007.
[edit] Reception
Swan's concerns were criticised when his government payment reforms were made known to the public. It was alleged[who?] that restriction of access to family benefits for upper-middle income earners, less than half of whom have any children to provide for, was unjust given the loss of the "baby bonus", worth $5,000 per infant, was not applied in equal measure to those who didn't run a household.[clarification needed][1]
[edit] Reviews
Frank Bongiorno noted that the book frames the socialist ideas of "reducing poverty and disadvantage, with education and training to play a key role both in achieving this goal and in lifting the country's economic performance more generally; phasing out private debt and consumption; and creating a more rational interaction between the welfare and tax systems" in a circumspect manner. There was a discernably more nuanced take on the evolution of "disadvantage" than in similar critiques but it then proposes languid (dated) and politicised (apersonal) solutions to such a crisis, thus disengaging the reader, early in the discourse.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Irvine, Jessica (2008-05-17). "Swan's Robin Hood image dented". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/swans-robin-hood-image-dented/2008/05/16/1210765174098.html. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
- ^ Bongiorno, Frank (2006-06-12). "‘My Plans for the Nation’—Labor politicians’ designs on Australia’s future". Australian Review of Public Affairs Digest (Sydney: The University of Sydney). ISSN 1832-1526. http://www.australianreview.net/digest/2006/06/bongiorno.html. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
- Swan, Wayne (2005). Postcode: The Splintering of a Nation. Pluto Press Australia. pp. 25–63. ISBN 1-86403-360-6.
- The World Today: A Divided Nation. Linked file is an audio recording of The World Today program for 15 June 2005.
