Nicholas Gruen The iron law of business-as-usual

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 12:45 a.m.

b'\\u201cIn Australia, policy agendas come, tip everything upside down, and then they go, swept away by the next fad. New Zealand has garnered world attention for its \\u2018Wellbeing Budget\\u2019 but Australia had a wellbeing framework a decade ago. It was quietly scrapped a few years ago and no-one noticed the difference. It looks like New Zealand is heading down a similar path. What can we do to overcome this churn-and-burn cycle of policy building? How do we escape the path of business-as-usual?"'