Dignity and Prosperity : The Future of Liberal Australia edited by David Stevens

Dignity and Prosperity – The Future of Liberal Australia brings together, for the first time, Australia’s leading liberal luminaries or ‘grandees’ in one place for the purpose of reigniting a renaissance of the Liberal cause.

The distinguished contributors all have extensive experience in their respective fields, and now bring their expertise, knowledge, and insight to design a policy program based around the core values of liberalism – personal autonomy and personal responsibility, free market and entrepreneurship, opportunity and security, limited government and sound fiscal and economic management. They know that a strong economy leads to strong finances, which in turn provide for strong national defence and together create the foundations for a strong civic society. This is the virtue of a successful liberal democracy.

Foreword: The foundations of Australia’s liberal democracy - David Stevens 

1: Enduring liberal principles for successful government - John Howard OM AC

2: The continuing relevance of Menzies’s liberal legacy - Georgina Downer

3: Stronger Regions, Stronger Nation - John Anderson AC

4: Achieving human dignity: challenges to liberalism - David Kemp AC

5: Lessons for liberals from the Anglosphere - Tom Switzer

6: Liberal party foreign policy - Alexander Downer AC

7: Why debt and deficit matter: Building an opportunity society requires ethical budgeting - Rod Kemp AM

8: The role and size of government - Nick Minchin AO

9: National prosperity and global competitiveness - Hugh Morgan AO with David Stevens

10: Reforming Industrial Relations - Judith Sloan

11: Climate, energy and the new forgotten people - Daniel Wild

12: Freedom of speech and diversity of expression - Richard Alston AO

13: Fixing our education failures - John Roskam

Afterword: - Tony Abbott AC

David Stevens has spent the last 30 years leading major strategy and policy reform projects for public and private sector clients across the globe. He worked for Prime Minister Howard in the 1990s. David lives on the Gold Coast. He is a lifelong liberal.