CPD Needs a Research Assistant
We are looking for a Research Assistant to work on both our Public Service Research and Sustainable Economy research programs. Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates who want to pursue a career in...
Town Hall Meeting Oct 13th. Mandatory Detention: the realistic alternatives
The immigration detention network is at breaking point. Policymakers are so wrapped up in political hubris they have missed the opportunity the High Court decision presented to be a circuit breaker. CPD and ChilOut...
The Blue Economy: 10 Years, 100 Innovations, 100 Million Jobs – Dr Gunter Pauli June 9th
CPD and Sydney Ideas co-present Dr Gunter Pauli at the law school foyer Sydney Uni. June 9th from 6pm to 7.30pm -this is a free event and open to all, entry will be on...
Community Engagement Conference – 16th-17th Feb 2011, Melbourne
Advocating and developing policy that originates from the groundup is essential for really understanding community needs and expectations. This conference identifies methods to achieve whole-of-government policy buy-in, and explores the importance of placing our...
Steven Collins | Upgrading Democracy
Innovation is needed in the public sector. The culture change that has come with the new digital age has not been harnessed as effectively as it might have been. The government 2.0 taskforce which...
Miriam Lyons & Ben Eltham | Vote 1 for election day long weekend
Sometimes governments make the right decisions for the wrong reasons. Nathan Rees’ decision to create an ”automatic” electoral roll is a perfect example. An automatic roll will capture hundreds of thousands of younger voters...
Jennifer Doggett | GP Super Clinics
The first of the proposed 36 GP super clinics has opened; its aim is to shift patients away from our overcrowded hospitals. However there are still a lot of questions that need to be...
Ian McAuley & Peter Frank | Medicare Select: Entrenching Inequality in Healthcare
The Australian has examined two separate CPD papers which oppose the government’s ‘Medicare Select’ program. Medicare Select which champions the idea of competing insurance plans has the risk of allowing governments to cut Medicare...
Ben Spies-Butcher | Super tax skewed too much to the rich
Ben Spies-Butcher, a fellow of CPD, says that the Government’s intentions to reform super taxes so that they no longer skew towards benefiting the rich are a move in the right direction. Ben, who...
John Menadue | National Health and Hospitals Reform
There is inefficiency, inequality and needless complexity in the health system. The government recognizes some of the problems but CPD founder John Menadue says the recommendations of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission...