A chance to rebuild our infrastructure and; [Nation-Building: Michael Pusey]
Canberra Times, 5 February 2008, 2715 words, By The Canberra Times.
The Australia charter myths, steeped in the view that society could be improved through the application of reason and industry, can be seen in those brochures used to attract migrants to Australia in the 1940s and '50s. All the key bits of.
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Bold reformers are mere performers
The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 January 2008, 1242 words, Andrew West. Alan Ramsey is on leave., (English)
There is no greater compliment one can pay a politician than to call him, or her, a "reformer". Left or right, Labor or Liberal, they crave the sobriquet, with its visionary overtones. When the former NSW premier Bob Carr ran out of ideas.
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From little things big things grow
The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 December 2007, 2422 words, Marian Wilkinson and Ben Cubby,
As developed and developing disputed the wording of the declaration, it was business jostling to take the initiative on climate change, write Marian Wilkinson and Ben Cubby.
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Climate change presents nation building opportunities: academic Global warming presents 'nation-building opportunities' Full Interview with sociologist Michael Pusey on nation building opportunity of climate change
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts, 12 December 2007, 477 words, Simon Lauder,
ELEANOR HALL: Well, in Bali they might be talking about the dangers of climate change, but back home one analyst is talking it up as the biggest chance for nation building in Australia since the Second World War.
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Fed: Academic says climate change a chance to build nation
Australian Associated Press General News, 12 December 2007, 257 words,
CLIMATE EDS: Embargoed to 0001 AEDT Wednesday, Dec 12 CANBERRA, Dec 12 AAP - Tackling climate change could bring about positive structural and cultural changes not seen since the postwar period, an academic says.
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Canberra Times, 4 December 2007, 1494 words, By The Canberra Times,
December December 4: Executive Briefing State of the Service Report (EL1-2) Postponed until February. Inquiries: Australian Public Service Commission, 62023778 or www.apsc.gov.au/learn December 7: SES breakfast series Modernity.
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Canberra Times, 6 November 2007, 1418 words, By The Canberra Times,
November November 7: Recordkeeping high-level responsibilities (EL1-2) Program developed to support findings of the MAC Report No8, A Note for File: Report on Record Keeping in the Australian Public Service. Inquiries: Australian Public ...
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FIRST-RATE LEADERS, CUT-RATE THINKERS
The Australian, 3 October 2007, 756 words,
Australia has been poorly served by its intellectuals DONALD Horne once famously defined Australia as ``a lucky country run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck''. In a seminal article in today's issue of The Australian ...
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Nation-building renaissance? The job's; [Government: John Butcher]
Canberra Times, 5 June 2007, 2039 words, By The Canberra Times,
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Don't worry, we're happy
The Australian, 2 May 2007, 2879 words, CASSANDRA WILKINSON,
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Economic reform does lead to lower unemployment
The Australian, 13 April 2007, 816 words, John Howard, Robert Manne, John Carroll, Michael Pusey, Paul Kent,
Prime Minister John Howard, in Canberra yesterday, on how Work Choices has led to a record jobless rate TODAY'S unemployment rate came in at the very pleasing level of 4.5 per cent. We remain in a situation where we have a 32-year low in ...
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Return of cultural cringe as we kowtow to visiting US nobodies
Sun Herald, 7 January 2007, 895 words, Julietta Jameson,
THE term "cultural cringe" was coined in 1950 to describe the inferiority complex Australia's intellectuals then displayed when comparing Australia's arts to those of England.
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2006

MIDDLE AUSTRALIA The strivers, wage and salary earners, are hurting and looking for better political outcomes A battle for hearts and minds
The Advertiser, 9 December 2006, 659 words, PAUL STARICK, CHIEF REPORTER,
AUSTRALIA'S longest-serving prime minister labelled middle Australia "strivers, planners, the ambitious ones". More than 60 years on, politicians, businesses and advertisers still recognise that middle Australia is where their fortunes ...
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We're all airheads
The Australian, 2 December 2006, 1123 words, STEPHEN MATCHETT,
IF whingeing is the new black and a sure sign of style is to deplore just about every aspect of the way we live now, Shelley Gare's new book, The Triumph of the Airheads, is superior chic. But so are the elegant ideals and interests ...
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Into the glittering whirl of bleeding-heart elitism
The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 November 2006, 926 words, Jonathan Biggins,
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First cohort for thought
The Australian, 4 October 2006, 1939 words, RICHARD NILE,
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QUALITY STREET
Sunday Herald Sun, 6 August 2006, 1254 words, Jane Martin,
The wellbeing manifesto says we should concentrate on friendships, families & fun. By Jane Martin. Australians rate their happiness level at about 75 per cent, but more than half of us feel our quality of life is declining. According ...
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QUALITY STREET
Sunday Mail, The, 6 August 2006, 1341 words, Jane Martin,
The Wellbeing Manifesto says Australians should abandon their money obsession in favour of friendships, families and fun. By Jane Martin.
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GET A (BALANCED) LIFE - QUALITY STREET
Sunday Telegraph, 6 August 2006, 1359 words, Jane Martin,
The Wellbeing Manifesto says Australians should abandon their money obsession in favour of friendships, families and fun. By Jane Martin.
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Quality STREET
Sunday Mail, 6 August 2006, 1250 words, BY JANE MARTIN,
THE WELLBEING MANIFESTO SAYS WE SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON FRIENDSHIPS, FAMILIES & FUN. Australians rate their happiness level at about 75 per cent, but more than half of us feel our quality of life is declining. According to the Australia ...
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Closing the generation gap
Sun Herald, 30 July 2006, 1783 words, Liz Porter,
The line between parent and best friend is increasingly blurred as today's young adults realise that hanging with 'the olds' has benefits, Liz Porter writes.
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Never mind the gap
Sunday Age, 30 July 2006, 2929 words, LIZ PORTER,
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HORROR OF HAPPINESS
The Australian, 28 June 2006, 1030 words,
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Economists have the figures
Canberra Times, 22 April 2006, 2219 words, By The Canberra Times,
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Economists on top, but change coming
Canberra Times, 22 April 2006, 751 words, By Paul Malone Public Service Reporter,
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Lost in time - Just too busy for a life
Sunday Mail, The, 5 March 2006, 2412 words, DARYL PASSMORE,
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2005

your voice
Sunday Times (Perth), 18 December 2005, 346 words,
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Trying to interpret the big picture
Canberra Times, 18 November 2005, 964 words, By The Canberra Times,
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A headlong rush to riches and unhappiness
Canberra Times, 25 October 2005, 1126 words, By The Canberra Times,
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Spend it or pass it on Go for it, say the kids
Sun Herald, 16 October 2005, 1717 words, Toni Case,
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The Australian, 14 May 2005, 1137 words, Stephen Matchett,
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The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 March 2005, 1833 words, Michael Visontay. Michael Visontay is an assistant editor at the Herald,
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2004

Roast for Roche
Sunday Times (Perth), 28 November 2004, 978 words,
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The Experience of Middle Australia. The Dark Side of Economic Reform.(Reviews)(Book Review)
Economic Record, 1 March 2004, 1038 words, Saunders, Peter,
The Experience of Middle Australia. The Dark Side of Economic Reform, by Michael Pusey. (Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2002), pp. xvii + 244
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The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 January 2004, 598 words, Tony Stephens,
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2003

09/04/03 ABC Brisbane, interview with Peter Gooch on The Experience of Middle Australia

14/04/03 Radio 3AK Melbourne, interview Drive, with Tim Fergusson on The Experience of Middle Australia
02/04/2003 ABC 891 Adelaide (Adelaide) Mornings , Summary: A00010013195, Compere: Matthew Abraham & David Bevan, Duration: 22:38
Bevan says for the first time the middle class has been affected by the fall of the share market. He says through super and Government encouragement middle Australians have become share holders. Pusey says the hidden agenda of economic reform was to make people ever more dependent on the market -says society doesn't have to be so dependent of the market, we can demand more from the Government. He says the Australia Centre has discovered that 24% of workers are down shifters, take a lower status job. Interviewees: Prof Michael Pusey, UNSW

07/04/2003 Radio National (Sydney) Life Matters, Summary: C00010055300
Compere: Geraldine Doogue, Duration: 16:12
Currently a professor at UNSW, Michael Pusey has just published a new book, The Experience of Middle Australia, The Dark Side of Economic Reform. Pusey says there has been a ceaseless stream of propaganda about economic rationalism over the past two decades and most people feel that the ordinary wage earner in middle Australia has been the loser - people see that there has been a huge distribution of wealth and power upwards to corporations. There are now two middle classes, the "Battler Hansonites" who have lost job security and are chronically insecure and the "Improvers", who want strong active responsible government and care about their communities and about social peace. Both groups feel work is being made the central priority in life. Interviewees: Michael Pusey.

09/04/2003 ABC 612 Brisbane (Brisbane) Conversations, Summary: B00010083308
Compere: Peter Gooch, Duration: 16:10
Michael Pusey has written a book called "The Experience of Middle Australia: The Dark Side of Economic Reform". Pusey talks about economic reform in Australia - discusses economic models in the US, Britain and Europe. He says economic reform is often in direct contradiction to quality of life and national development. He believes there is a ground swell against economic rationalism. Interviewees: Michael Pusey, Professor of Sociology, UNSW.

30/04/2003 Triple J (Sydney) The Morning Show, Summary: M00010261594, Compere: Steve Cannane, Duration: 6:30
Compere discusses the 'Aussie Battler' award and the notion of the struggling Australian now. Pusey says that he has just written a book about middle class Australia and the notion of them as 'Aussie Battlers'; Interviewees: MC Aussie Battler, The Heard Band Member. Michael Pusey, Sociologist, University of NSW

03/05/03 ABC Radio National, Booktalk, Steve Keen, Review of The Experience of Middle Australia

05?/05/03 ABC Radio National, 'Life Matters' edited version of discussion between Clive Hamilton and Michael Pusey, recorded at Melbourne Book Forum.

08/05/03 Radio New Zealand, interview with Jim Sullivan, for 'History Talks' on economic reform.

18/05/03, ABC Radio National, John Cleary hosting discussion on May 2003, Budget, Michael Pusey, Andrew Norton and Francis Sullivan.

26/05/03 SBS Radio, News, excerpts from address to Evatt Foundation on the Experience of Economic Reform.

27/05/03 ABC 702, Tony Delroy, talk on The Experience of Middle Australia

1/06/03 ABC Radio National, 'The Spirit of Things', Interview with Rachel Kohn and Clive Hamilton, 'On Happiness

14/05/2003, ABC 702 Sydney (Sydney), Summary: S00010394126, Compere: James ValentineDuration: 17:57
Valentine says his personal interpretation of the Budget is that governments don't want to do anything any more. Michael Duffy says because of rising costs, government can't do everything any more, and they are forced to do this due to rising health and education costs, rather than ideology. Prof Michael Pusey disagrees - says people want government to provide basic services and they don't want to wear the risk of funding this themselves. He says it is a classical neo-conservative budget, trying to make people more dependent on the markets for private health and private education. Interviewees: Michael Duffy, Daily Telegraph, Prof Michael Pusey, UNSW: Callers

28/05/2003 Curtin FM (Perth) Afternoon, Summary: P00010530679, Compere: Pieta O'Shaughnessy, Duration: 10:00
Discusses economic rationalism in middle Aust. Pusey has written a book studying the impact of globalisation on the quality of life of Aust'ns today. Discusses where economic rationalism comes from and the real repercussions for Aust. Discusses the growing relationship between the US and Aust including free trade talks. Interviewees: Dr Michael Pusey, Author and Prof UNSW

03/06/2003 Radio National (Sydney), Australia Talks Back, Summary: C00010588256, Compere: Sandy McCutcheon, Duration: 48:50: If you are richer, why aren't you happier?
Prof Michael Pusey says he surveyed 400 'middle Australians' and that they perceive their incomes and job prospects to be falling. He says economic reform sends people into the marketplace to satisfy basic human needs. He says people are being pushed out of the labour market at an earlier age. He says corporations are the only winners from economic reform.. Interviewees: Mary Winter , Gray World Wide; Clive Hamilton, Australia Institute; Prof Michael Pusey,, Sociology, UNSW; David Chalk, Quantum Market Research

06:52 PM, 06/06/2003 Radio National (Sydney), Australia Talks Back, Summary: C00010627085, Compere: Sandy McCutcheon, Duration: 1:20: Caller Tom commends an earlier email from Fred on economic materialism versus political reform in Australia. Mentions: Michael Pusey, Professor of Sociology, UNSW, Clive Hamilton, Executive Director, The Australian Institute

11/06/2003 Radio National Breakfast, (Sydney) Summary: C00010653786
Compere: Peter Thompson, Duration: 21:23
Discussion of the nature of employment in Australia. Greg Combet says that only about half of Australia's workforce is employed on a full-time basis and there is a growing inequality in wages. Heather Ridout says she feels that there is now a demand for the workplace to meet the broader requirements of society. Michael Pusey has found that seventy percent of middle Australians believe that their job prospects are declining. He says that the dominant emotions among job seekers are anger and insecurity, and there is a sense of declining trust in business institutions. Interviewees: Greg Combet, ACTU Secretary; Heather Ridout, Australian Industry Group; Michael Pusey, University of New South Wales

7/06/2002 2UE (Sydney), John Stanley, Summary: S00007290644, Compere: John Stanley, Duration: 12:39, Producer: Ms Fiona Hallett (02) 9930 9954
Stanley talks about findings from the 2001 Census. Interview with Professor Michael Pusey, Director of Middle Australia Project. Pusey explains that the trends have been steady for about 20 years, he doesn't think there are any big surprises in the Census. Interviewees: Professor Michael Pusey, UNSW, Director of Middle Australia Project

19/08/2001 ABC TV Channel 2 (Sydney) Compass, Summary: S00004754843; Compere: Geraldine Doogue, Duration: 9:49
Doogue holds a forum discussion with Professor Michael Pusey, a sociologist from the University of NSW, and Sandra Yates, head of the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. They discuss the changing role of parenting and fathering; the advertising imagery of fatherhood; the demands of the workplace and corporate employers and prioritisation of families. Interviewees: Professor Michael Pusey, Sociologist, University of NSW, Sandra Yates, Head, Saatchi & Saatchi

31/07/2001 WF (Perth), Lunch with Verity James, Summary: P00004598258, Compere: Marshall Martin, Duration: 13:42
McGregor discusses his book "Class in Australia", published by Penguin, about the class structure in Australia. He says most of what he learnt was just from growing up in Australia. People have a fairly good idea of the class they are in, and the reason he wrote the book is to make people aware of how damaging it can be. He says the rich have been getting super-rich and the middle have been doing it very hard. He says there is an interesting book by University of NSW Professor Michael Pusey (*) saying the One Nation phenomenon can be partly explained by the fact there is a group of battlers who have been really damaged by globalisation and are raging against the elites. Martin says McGregor is a very keen follower of the ALP. This is the second edition of the book and is out just in time for the Census. Interviewees: Craig McGregor (*), author, "Class in Australia"

05/04/03 The Canberra Times, Panorama, Graham Cooke, 'The voice of middle Australia: talks to an author criticised for saying that big business is taking the cream'

05-6/04/03 The Sydney Morning Herald, News, Adele Horin, 'Economic Boom Leaves Middle Class Angry' (review of The Experience of Middle Australia)

09/04/03 The Age, Michelle Grattan, News,'The Great Divide: How it will Change Politics' review of Experience of Middle Australia and Fred Argy's Where to From Here?

??/04/03, The Age, Society, Denis Altman, 'The Struggle for Happiness' Review review of The Experience of Middle Australia and of Clive Hamilton, Growth Fetish

11/04/03 The Canberra Times, John Warhurst, 'Party Politics respond to powerful books; Michael Pusey's The Experience of Middle Australia could be a signifcant barometer over the next few years'

15/04/03 The Canberra Times, News, Lincoln Wright, "Warning on 'Middle Australia's' dark years",

20/04/03 The Sunday Age, Undercurrents, Ray Cassin, Please, Labor, can we have real politics again?

26/04/03, The Daily Telegraph, p.026 Lucy Clark 'Running Scared in the Rat Race, review of The Experience of Middle Australia

27/04/03 The Sun Herald, Shelley Gare, 'A Labor of Love? Not likely'. Relating the Experience of Middle Australia to Labor leadership contest

30/04/05 The Mercury, In Depth, Lucy Clark, 'Money scramble that's sucking us dry' feature based on the Experience of Middle Australia

21/05/03- Economist.com; Sydney briefing:
The country may be booming, but middle Australia is hurting, says Michael Pusey, a prominent sociology professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. In his controversial new book, "The Dark Side of Economic Reform", he surveyed 400 middle-income, middle-class Australians over five years.

23/05/03 Time, Tom Dusevic, 'The Gradual Revolutionaries' covering The Experience of Middle Australia

09/05/03 Australian Financial Review (http://afr.com/)
Review P6: "Eating yourself for the benefit of others": Michael Pusey, professor of sociology at UNSW and author of The Experience of Middle Australia, writes about the experience of two decades of economic change.

02/05/03 The Canberra Times, Opinon, p23. Alex Millmow, 'Australia, the land of lost content': Author Michael Pusey has found a groundswell of anger in the Australian middle class',

03/05/03 Sydney Morning Herald, (http://www.smh.com.au)
Spectrum P8: "The things we rely on": Australian sociologist Michael Pusey, a professor of sociology at UNSW, analyses the reasons for loss of trust among Australians in his book The Experience of Middle Australia.

O3/05/03 Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au)
Spectrum P18: 'Torn apart the centre cannot hold'. Pusey's book reviewed by Craig MaGregor.

05/05/03 The Age, Opinion, 'Beazely could defeat Howard'

09/05/03 The Australian, Opinion, p.9, Andrew Norton, 'Unproductive attack on the nation's economic progress: Free-mkarket reforms have dramatically improved our way of life in recent years but you wouldn't know reading Michael Pusey's well-received new bookŠ '

20/04/03 Sun Herald (http://www.sunherald.com.au/)
Sunday Life P18- "Michael in the middle"- feature on The Experience of Middle Australia: The Dark Side of Economic Reform, the latest book from Michael Pusey, visiting professor of sociology at UNSW. Syndicated Sunday Age.

15/04/03 Australian Financial Review (http://afr.com/)
P70: "Reform has a sunny side": columnist Tony Harris claims the book The Experience of Middle Australia, by Michael Pusey, visiting professor at UNSW, ignores the upside of economic reform.

05/04/03 Sydney Morning Herald, (http://www.smh.com.au)
P7: "Economic boom leaves middle class angry": middle income Australians are angry after 15 years of economic reform, according to book by UNSW visiting professor in sociology Michael Pusey. Also West Australian.

04/05/03 The Sunday Age, Turning Pages, Jane Sullivan

09/05/03 The Australian Financial Review, (http://afr.com/Review, p.6-7, Michael Pusey, Eating yourself for the benefit of others' Michael Pusey on what middle Australia thinks about two decades of economic reform.

27/09/03 The Age, Review, Talking Point, p 8, Peter Ellingsen, 'We are working harder than ever before, but bigger houses and newer cars are not making us any happierŠhttp:www.theage.com.au

15-16/11/03 The Weekend Australian Financial Review, (http://afr.com/Commentary p. 70, C21: Australia Mark Wooden; 'The lucky country has never had it so good'