Malcolm Turnbull speech to ANU Crawford School of Public Policy

The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, Federal Member for Wentworth and Shadow Minister for and Broadband, gave this speech at the launch of the Asia & Pacific Policy Studies journal on July 19. The event was part of the week-long event, Policy public: ideas, insights and initiatives until 2020 . Open markets, Open Minds and an Open Society (or why we should be more like Stephanie Gilmore and less like King Canute) It's an honour to be here at the ANU for the launch of Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, the new flagship journal of the Crawford School of Public Policy. Under the editorial leadership of Tom Kompas, Director of the Crawford School, APPS will focus on public policy research from - and about - Australia, Asia and the Pacific, with the first edition out at the start of 2014. As the newspaper industry's travails remind us, paper and ink are yesterday's story, and I note with approval that Tom and his team have future-proofed APPS - it will be published electronically and free of charge, thanks in part to support from AusAID. Public policy is ultimately the most pragmatic and applied of disciplines. But it must also be founded in rigorous thinking about economic and social behavior - big ideas about the interrelationships that have to be taken into account in successfully leading social and political change.