TY - Book AU - Bob Douglas AU - Jo Wodak PY - 2015 T1 - Who speaks for and protects the public interest in Australia? PB - Australia21 DO - https://doi.org/APO-237506 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/237506 AB - This essay collection includes the ideas of 39 leading thinkers, policy makers and activists. The essays touch on a wide range of topics, including the public interest in asylum seeker policy, Indigenous futures, the environment, education and inequality. They also look at what is ailing in Australian democracy and suggest some people-focused remedies. ER -