My visit to Australia is impeccably timed. While London is set to bask in temperatures of 21°C this week, it’s cold in Sydney and the forecast looks miserable for the next couple of days. On the upside, unlike Gordon Brown, whose trip to the US was overshadowed by the Pope, his holiness left Sydney this morning, so fingers crossed the crowds will have departed and I won’t have to queue to go up the Sydney Tower.
Over the next ten days I’m in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra speaking on a range of subjects; from the Self-resilient society (a paper I’m currently writing), to the public value of security as well as on the future of Holistic Government. If you’re interested in what I’m doing you can follow me on Twitter.
One thing I have been told to look out for is a new comedy airing on ABC. The Hollowmen focuses on the workings of the Central Policy Unit, an internal Government think tank. Set up by the Prime Minister, the Unit is charged with developing a “long term policy vision”. Their job is to stop worrying about tomorrow’s headlines – and start worrying about next week’s. Sounds like it could become required viewing.
