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Emma Dawson

What Happens Next? edited by Emma Dawson and Janet McCalman & Upturn by Tanya Plibersek

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December 2020, no. 427
Morag Fraser reviews 'What Happens Next? Reconstructing Australia after Covid-19' edited by Emma Dawson and Janet McCalman and 'Upturn: A better normal after Covid-19' edited by Tanya Plibersek

What is to be done? The question is asked whenever humankind confronts a new crisis. And the answers, whether from biblical sources, Tolstoy, or Lenin (or indeed Barry Jones in his imminent book, What Is To Be Done?), must confront universal moral quandaries at the same time as they address local needs, hopes, and aspirations.

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