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However, many will agree with me that globalisation has come to affect nearly every aspect of daily life, and has a profound effect on the development of the policies which shape our future lives. Globalisation -- perhaps the buzz-word of the nineties -- has come to mean many things to people, and our perspective of what it means is largely influenced by how we are affected. Some view globalisation as removed from human values - …

…governments are power less to contain the globalisation genie let out of the bottle in the 1980s is no salve for the disenfranchisement and anger so many Australians now feel. Those seeking to exercise political leadership in this country would do well to remember that most Australians still expect Government to develop economic policy which delivers economic prosperity, and provides for the vulnerable and disadvantaged. Joining a global race to the bottom will achieve neither.