Promise and Performance

<p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>This is the first comprehensive review of the Albanese Labor Government. It seeks to provide a critical but balanced assessment of the Albanese Government's first term. The academic and expert contributors to this edited volume have been asked not just to review what happened but to assess whether the Albanese Government has made its mark on Australian government and if so in what ways. Was it 'reformist' in the Hawke-Keating style or was it 'reformist' in the more traditional Labor mode like some regard the Whitlam Government? Is there a leading reform that has made life better for Australians in a measurable way? Was its successes or failures of its own making or the result of trends outside its immediate control?</span></p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>Contents </strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>Promise and Performance: An Introduction - Scott Prasser</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>1 The Albanese Government's Election Performances - Malcolm Mackerras</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>2 How Albanese and Chalmers have Created a New Narrative of Australian Politics - Greg Melleuish</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>3 Labor's Federal Election Performance in Queensland - John Mickel</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>4 The Dutton-led Opposition in Labor's First Term - Peter van Onselen</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>5 The Public Service under Albanese - Paddy Gourley</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>6 Creating a New Standards Regime and a Safer Workplace for Parliament - Maria Maley</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>7 The Albanese Government's Public Inquiries: Targeting Political Opponents? - Scott Prasser</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>8 The Australian Economy over the Albanese Government's First Term - Gene Tunny</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>9 Fiscal Policy under the Albanese Government 2022-2025 - Saul Eslake</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>10 Perverse Productivity Policies: Rhetoric vs Reality - Gary Banks</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>11 The Albanese Government's Industrial Relations Program - Richard Calver</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>12 Energy and Environment Policy - Aynsley Kellow</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>13 Aviation Policy: A Reluctance to Reform? - Peter Forsyth</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>14 Labor's Higher Education Agenda: A La-La-Land Wish List- Salvatore Babones</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>15 The Voice Debacle - Gary Johns</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>16 The Drift of Australian Foreign Policy - Michael Easson</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>17 Defence Policy - David Lee</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>18 The Albanese Government Record on Government Services and Digital Transformation - Mike Kelly</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>19 Religious Freedom: Always the Bridesmaid Never the Bride - Mark Spencer</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>20 Anyone for Footy? A Policy in Search of a Goal: The Albanese Government's PNG NRL Initiative - Andrea Wallace</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>21 Lessons for the Future - Scott Prasser</span></p><p></p>