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making policy and shit
« on: December 07, 2009, 01:31:27 am »
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I want to work as some kind of policy making guy

with a think tank or the government or something

what sort of course would I take and where?

urban planning: "urban" : no
planning: is actually an urban planning course
bachelor of environments: too general
law: might not get the marks

help?
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Re: making policy and shit
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2009, 09:58:13 am »
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Arts, major in International Relations/Public Policy/that kinda thing. Although I'm not sure what unis offer public policy courses (my dad did this at UoM, but that was more than 25 years ago...).
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Re: making policy and shit
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2009, 06:06:27 pm »
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You could get into policy making through any degree really. What to choose depends on your interests.
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Re: making policy and shit
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2009, 02:07:43 pm »
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Quote from: vitir on December 07, 2009, 01:31:27 am
I want to work as some kind of policy making guy

with a think tank or the government or something

what sort of course would I take and where?

urban planning: "urban" : no
planning: is actually an urban planning course
bachelor of environments: too general
law: might not get the marks

help?

A glaring omission from that list is Commerce/Economics.

Economists are crucial to policy planning. If you don't understand incentives, you can't create good policy.
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Re: making policy and shit
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2009, 11:19:15 pm »
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Compiled mostly from Google and Wikipedia...

The tertiary studies of the last 10 Australian Prime Ministers:

Kevin Rudd: Arts (Asian Studies)
John Howard: Law
Paul Keating: No tertiary study
Bob Hawke: Law, Arts (Economics) and Letters
Malcolm Fraser: Philosophy, Politics, Economics
Gough Whitlam: Law
William McMahon: Law, Economics
John Gorton: History, Politics, Economics
John McEwen: No tertiary study
Harold Holt: Law
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Re: making policy and shit
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2009, 11:21:30 pm »
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Quote from: Fyrefly on December 09, 2009, 11:19:15 pm

Compiled mostly from Google and Wikipedia...

The tertiary studies of the last 10 Australian Prime Ministers:

Kevin Rudd: Arts (Asian Studies)
John Howard: Law
Paul Keating: No tertiary study
Bob Hawke: Law, Arts (Economics) and Letters
Malcolm Fraser: Philosophy, Politics, Economics
Gough Whitlam: Law
William McMahon: Law, Economics
John Gorton: History, Politics, Economics
John McEwen: No tertiary study
Harold Holt: Law


Paul Keating had no tertiary study?  How did he become prime minister or even get into parliament?  Did he just have a lot fo contacts or something?
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Re: making policy and shit
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2009, 11:28:12 pm »
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Quote from: Gloamglozer on December 09, 2009, 11:21:30 pm
Paul Keating had no tertiary study?  How did he become prime minister or even get into parliament?  Did he just have a lot fo contacts or something?

Umm... he started off his career working at a trade union... moved up from there I suppose..?

I don't know a lot about Paul Keating... personally, I find Bob Hawke more interesting to read about... I don't much care for politics anyway though.
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Re: making policy and shit
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2009, 11:52:44 pm »
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Quote from: Gloamglozer on December 09, 2009, 11:21:30 pm
Quote from: Fyrefly on December 09, 2009, 11:19:15 pm

Compiled mostly from Google and Wikipedia...

The tertiary studies of the last 10 Australian Prime Ministers:

Kevin Rudd: Arts (Asian Studies)
John Howard: Law
Paul Keating: No tertiary study
Bob Hawke: Law, Arts (Economics) and Letters
Malcolm Fraser: Philosophy, Politics, Economics
Gough Whitlam: Law
William McMahon: Law, Economics
John Gorton: History, Politics, Economics
John McEwen: No tertiary study
Harold Holt: Law


Paul Keating had no tertiary study?  How did he become prime minister or even get into parliament?  Did he just have a lot fo contacts or something?

i dont know anything in depth about him
but at least he knew a thing or two about the business cycle and recessions....
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Re: making policy and shit
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2009, 12:40:07 am »
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Quote from: Gloamglozer on December 09, 2009, 11:21:30 pm
Quote from: Fyrefly on December 09, 2009, 11:19:15 pm

Compiled mostly from Google and Wikipedia...

The tertiary studies of the last 10 Australian Prime Ministers:

Kevin Rudd: Arts (Asian Studies)
John Howard: Law
Paul Keating: No tertiary study
Bob Hawke: Law, Arts (Economics) and Letters
Malcolm Fraser: Philosophy, Politics, Economics
Gough Whitlam: Law
William McMahon: Law, Economics
John Gorton: History, Politics, Economics
John McEwen: No tertiary study
Harold Holt: Law


Paul Keating had no tertiary study?  How did he become prime minister or even get into parliament?  Did he just have a lot fo contacts or something?

As I said, there's no qualifications needed to get into parliament.
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