Bio

Michael Fullilove is program director for global issues at the Lowy Institute, and editor of 'Men and Women of Australia!' Our Greatest Modern Speeches (Vintage).

Michael Fullilove's contributions:

Diaspora: The World Wide Web of Australians

Michael Fullilove considers the Australian diaspora, the 870,000 Australian citizens living overseas. He argues that it makes good economic and policy sense for Australia to increase its efforts to reach out to the diaspora and enmesh them in our national endeavours. Policy options include improving information collection and management about ex-pats, increasing efforts to simplify and promote absentee voting processes and encouraging businesses to utilise ex-patriate knowledge and skills.

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