On Life's Lottery

Glyn Davis

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Hachette Australia
27 January 2021

Literary essays; Poverty & unemployment; Political activism; Australian Society

Series: On Series

Birth is a throw of the dice. The consequences last a lifetime.

We like to think of Australia as the land of the 'fair go', a land of choice and equal opportunity. But behind the facade of meritocracy lies an uncomfortable truth: much of your life is already decided by the lottery of where you are born and who you are born to. Entrenched inter-generational poverty, like the property of the wealthy, can be handed down from parent to child.

With one in eight adults and one in six children living below the poverty line in Australia, Glyn Davis asks the question: If life is a game of chance, what responsibility do those who are given a head start have to look after those less fortunate?

By: Glyn Davis
Imprint: Hachette Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 148mm, Width: 110mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 52g
ISBN: 9780733646515
ISBN 10: 0733646514
Series: On Series
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 27 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Glyn Davis AC is the CEO of the Paul Ramsay Foundation. For fifteen years he was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. He was the co-host of the Rudd government's Australia 2020 Summit and presented the 51st Boyer Lecutures in 2010. He was the Director General of Premier and Cabinet in Queensland from 1995-2002.

Reviews for On Life's Lottery

The question at the heart of Davis's essay is what to do about this situation, or what it is possible to do in a country in thrall to low taxation and suspicious of the welfare state. * NATIONAL [PRINT], The Australian, [AUDIENCE: 94,448, ASR: AUD 8,181] * A thought-provoking read on how birth is a roll of the dice, with your chances in life decided by where you are born and who are you born to. * QLD [PRINT], Courier Mail, [AUDIENCE: 166,502, ASR: AUD 4,686] *