we're better able to improve Australian lives than before
The United States Post Office has just announced the 33rd stamp in its literary arts series – a striking image of novelist and essayist Ursula Le Guin[1].
Behind the portrait is artwork depicting a scene from The Left Hand of Darkness[2], Le Guin’s 1969 novel. It features the Gethenians, a species which is generically asexual, but randomly become male or female during estrus.


References
- ^ Ursula Le Guin (about.usps.com)
- ^ The Left Hand of Darkness (en.wikipedia.org)
- ^ the king was pregnant (www.theguardian.com)
- ^ the poor you will always have with you (biblehub.com)
- ^ veil of ignorance (open.library.okstate.edu)
- ^ Theory of Justice (www.hup.harvard.edu)
- ^ what is this good thing that no man wants for himself (books.google.com.au)
- ^ Disability and single parenthood loom large in inherited poverty (theconversation.com)
- ^ poverty begets poverty (melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au)
- ^ exceed (www.oecd.org)
- ^ Land of the 'fair go' no more: wealth in Australia is becoming more unequal (theconversation.com)
- ^ escaping poverty (melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au)
- ^ capability (plato.stanford.edu)
- ^ one time (www.smh.com.au)
- ^ Australia’s treasury (treasury.gov.au)
- ^ have reason to value (treasury.gov.au)
- ^ performance indicators (www.amhocn.org)
- ^ shared requirement (www.themandarin.com.au)
- ^ Our Public Service Our Future (pmc.gov.au)
- ^ On Life’s Lottery, (www.hachette.com.au)
Authors: Glyn Davis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University