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Edition 2, 2019 • April
Get angry. Then get organised.
Young students, unlike aged politicians, have a strong incentive to take the long view on issues. Photo: Julian Meehan BY DENIS MORIARTY, GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR, OUR COMMUNITY
Any Australian child born after the turn of the millennium has a good chance of living into the next century, which gives them a time horizon about 25 times as long as that of most politicians.
This gives them an incentive to take the long view, and a corresponding distaste for business as usual. The school students of Australia foamed around the parliaments of Australia last month as they