After Words: The Post-Prime Ministerial Speeches

by PJ Keating

Overview

A unique volume of speeches and occasional pieces written entirely by former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating
 Books of speeches are rarely published as a compendium of work by one person. After Words is unique in Australian publishing by virtue of its scale and range of subjects, and that all the speeches are the work of one eye and one mind: former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. Each speech has been conceptualized, contextualized and crafted by Paul Keating. Subject to subject, idea to idea, the speeches are related in a wider construct, which is the way Paul Keating has viewed and thought about the world. The speeches reveal the breadth and depth of his interests—be they cultural, historical, or policy-focused—dealing with subjects as broad as international relations, economic policy and politics. Individual chapters range from a discussion of Jorn Utzon's Opera House through to the redesign of Berlin, the history of native title, Australia's relationship to the countries of Asia, the role of the monarchy, to the shape of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, and more. After Words contains an analytic commentary on Australia's recent social and economic repositioning, in the minds of many, by its principal architect. The speeches, more often than not, go beyond observations, as Paul Keating sketches out new vistas and points to new directions. For those interested in matters that go to the future of Australia and the world, After Words presents, unmediated, a panoply of issues which the policy mind and writing style of Paul Keating has sculpted into a recognizable landscape.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781742377599
Publisher:	Allen & Unwin
Publication date:	10/28/2011
Pages:	640
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.40(h) x 2.20(d)

About the Author

Paul Keating was elected to the Australian Federal Parliament in 1969. He was appointed Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia upon the election of the Hawke Labor Government in 1983.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Publisher's Note xii

Part 1 History, Culture and Social Policy

1 Building a Masterpiece: The Sydney Opera House 3

2 A Time for Reflection: Political Values in the Age of Distraction 10

3 Film and Art in the Australia of Nationalism and Cynicism 23

4 New Urban Domains: Potsdamer Platz 29

5 The Launch of The History Wars 39

6 The Launch of The Longest Decade 44

7 Balmoral: Meeting with Her Majesty, the Queen 53

8 The Decade of Moral Erosion: The Stocktake 58

9 The Launch of Churchill and Australia 65

10 The Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration 75

11 Neoclassicism 94

12 Eulogy on the Death of Bill Bradshaw 101

13 Australian Labor Party Gala Federation Dinner 109

14 The Centenary of Federation: Beyond the Celebrations 113

15 For the New Australia 133

16 Obsession: Australia and the Challenge of Asia 157

17 Introduction to Mahler's Symphony No. 2 181

18 The Launch of ?In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right' 184

19 The Labor Government, 1983-96 192

20 The Compact City: Urban Design and Architecture 213

21 Bankstown City: Silver Jubilee 223

22 ALP Life Membership Acceptance Speech 230

23 Eulogy on the Death of Geoffrey Tozer 243

24 The Privacy Imperative in the Information Age 'free-for-all' 256

Part 2 International Relations and Foreign Policy

1 Peace and Prosperity: The Spiritual Challenge 281

2 Australia and Asia: The New Order after the Financial Crisis 295

3 Leadership and Change 307

4 APEC: Australia's Biggest Seat at its Biggest Table 312

5 The Death of President Soeharto 323

6 John Curtin's World and Ours 330

7 China and its Challenges 346

8 A Prospect of Europe 356

9 Eliminating Nuclear Weapons: A Survival Guide for the Twenty-first Century 376

10 Obsession Revisited 393

11 Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration 407

12 Australia and Asia 417

13 Notes on the State of the World 427

14 The Perilous Moment: Indonesia, Australia and the Asian Crisis 435

15 Leadership, Asia and the Digital Economy 458

16 Implications for the Strategic Architecture of the Asian Hemisphere 467

17 China and the Challenge of Asian Regionalism: China in the Twenty-first Century 481

Part 3 Australian and International Economic Policy

1 Australia: The New Economic Template 491

2 The Story of Modern Superannuation 502

3 After the Crisis: The Emerging Order 515

4 Superannuation: Turbocharging Retirement Incomes 522

5 The World Economy: The Narrow Escape 533

6 Financial Innovation and Labour Reform in the Post-Industrial Age 541

7 Developing China: The Continuing Story 549

8 Picking the Peak: 25 Years of the Bull Market 556

9 The New Global Mosaic 561

10 Vocational Education and Training: The Oft-Forgotten Tier 571

11 Human Resource Management: The Role of Leadership 580

12 The Compassionate Agenda 586

13 The Irresistible Emergence of Emerging Markets 592

14 The Re-Emerging Crisis: The World Malaise-Mid-2011 598

Acknowledgements 609

Index 611