With the crises of the current political and economic order deepening every day, Fabians know that new ideas are as important as ever. That’s why we’ve decided to begin publishing a quarterly print and online magazine, dedicated to envisioning a better future and how to get there.
Each edition is going to have a theme, with a portion of the magazine’s content set aside for exploring it in depth. To help us decide what themes we should work with for the first four editions, we want to hear from our members.
You’ll see ten options below. We’ve deliberately kept them fairly broad to allow our writers plenty of scope for interpretation. We invite you to help us out by choosing the one you would most like to see the new magazine focus on in its first year.
And if you're interested in writing on these topics or anything else, please don’t hesitate to pitch an idea to [email protected]
Q: What theme would you most like to see an edition of the new Quarterly Review focus on? A: Australia’s Future Prosperity
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Julie Jay
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2020-02-23 15:51:31 +1100
Q: What theme would you most like to see an edition of the new Quarterly Review focus on? A: What makes 'The Good Life'?
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Charles Brass
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2020-02-23 15:19:54 +1100
Q: Are there any other themes you would like to see an edition of the Quarterly Review focus on? A: Australia’s role in the world
what constitutes a good life
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Charles Brass
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2020-02-23 15:19:20 +1100
Q: What theme would you most like to see an edition of the new Quarterly Review focus on? A: First Nations in Australia’s Future
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Paul Loring
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2020-02-23 14:53:03 +1100
Q: Are there any other themes you would like to see an edition of the Quarterly Review focus on? A: Openess, Tansparency and honesty, instead of deceitful politicians
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Paul Loring
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2020-02-23 14:46:58 +1100
Q: What theme would you most like to see an edition of the new Quarterly Review focus on? A: Equality
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Sally Gunner
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2020-02-23 14:05:27 +1100
Q: What theme would you most like to see an edition of the new Quarterly Review focus on? A: First Nations in Australia’s Future
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Merry Cooper
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2020-02-23 13:41:09 +1100
Q: What theme would you most like to see an edition of the new Quarterly Review focus on? A: First Nations in Australia’s Future
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Anonymous
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2020-02-23 13:04:20 +1100
Q: What theme would you most like to see an edition of the new Quarterly Review focus on? A: Equality
Q: Are there any other themes you would like to see an edition of the Quarterly Review focus on? A: What a humane and decent asylum seeker and refugee policy would look like for Australia (signatory, as it is, to UN Conventions, and subject to International Law).
Q: What theme would you most like to see an edition of the new Quarterly Review focus on? A: Equality
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Greg Haywood
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2020-02-23 10:06:23 +1100
Q: Are there any other themes you would like to see an edition of the Quarterly Review focus on? A: What are the signposts that lead us to an achievable and equitable pathway to carbon neutrality?
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Greg Haywood
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2020-02-23 10:00:08 +1100
Q: What theme would you most like to see an edition of the new Quarterly Review focus on? A: What makes 'The Good Life'?
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Steven Hurley
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2020-02-23 09:51:19 +1100
Q: Are there any other themes you would like to see an edition of the Quarterly Review focus on? A: The death of truth in public discourse and how do we revive it
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Steven Hurley
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2020-02-23 09:50:16 +1100
Q: What theme would you most like to see an edition of the new Quarterly Review focus on? A: First Nations in Australia’s Future
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Joseph Furolo
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2020-02-23 09:48:17 +1100
Q: Are there any other themes you would like to see an edition of the Quarterly Review focus on? A: Explore the disconnect between public discourse and private action – e.g nationally we are very anti refugee, migration, asylum seeker but on the ground there are so many supportive and active people and corporations and activities that tell the opposite story. The response to fire was amazing – is it time to start trusting smaller, or at least local and independent institutions and groups to delver in fact what government is failing to do in both theory and practice? Many Australian’s are quietly disengaging from mainstream but increasing involved in local and micro level changes. Interesting.
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Joseph Furolo
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2020-02-23 09:44:01 +1100
Q: What theme would you most like to see an edition of the new Quarterly Review focus on? A: First Nations in Australia’s Future
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Kayleen White
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2020-02-23 09:10:16 +1100
Q: Are there any other themes you would like to see an edition of the Quarterly Review focus on? A: Actually, several of the others listed were also good – the evolution of change is the only one I can remember.
Two other suggestions:
- dealing with the new, multi-job worklife cycle;
- allowing smaller, including tiny houses, and building houses more effectively – verandahs, 2m earth walls, etc.
Take the survey: Publication Theme Survey
Fabians Quarterly Review - Themes Survey
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