Modern Australian

Tinkering can achieve a lot. Politics isn't broken

  • Written by Emily Millane, Research Fellow and PhD Candidate, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Tinkering can achieve a lot. Politics isn't brokenIt pays to pay attention to small changes. They end up determining what works.Shutterstock

One of the key themes in politics this year has been that the political system isn’t delivering. In the economy, we are told we need big “reform”, like in the days when Keating floated the dollar, Hawke slashed tariffs and Howard taxed goods...