A good international citizen? Australia at the World Summit on Sustainable DevelopmentFootnote

1. The research for this paper was undertaken whilst I was a visiting fellow at the National Europe Centre (NEC), Australian National University. I would like to thank the NEC, especially Simon Bronitt, for their support during my time there. The Menzies Centre for Australian Studies in London awarded me an Australian Bicentennial Fellowship which funded the trip and I acknowledge that support with thanks. Thanks are also due to the many people who helped my thinking on this issue, in particular Stephen Dovers, Hugh Dyer, Richard Grant, Clive Hamilton, Karen Hussey, Andrew Ross, Kelvin Thomson, Bill Tow and the referees of the journal. Any errors are my own. This article is dedicated to the memory of my mother, Jeanne, who died suddenly whilst I was in Australia undertaking this research.

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