Big Names Chase Leadership on Asylum Seeker Debate | The Power Index
Prominent business leaders have weighed into the asylum seeker debate for the first time by calling for an end to mandatory detention and greater political leadership on the issue. Australian Industry Group chief Heather Ridout, NAB chairman Michael Chaney...
The Bloated Myth: Why Public Servants are Lean
James Whelan joined Peter Mares on ABC Radio National’s The National Interest to discuss CPD’s State of the Public Service: An Alternative Report. To hear the full interview, click here. They’re a favourite object of ridicule:...
John Menadue | Asylum seeker facts lost in hysteria
Does our island mentality and concern about securing our physical border help explain our obsession with “boat people”? John Menadue explores the causes of Australia’s obsession with asylum seekers and boat people. As we...
The Australian | Prominent Australians reject refugee response
The release of CPD’s latest report caught the attention of international newswire AFP and The Australian. Film-makers, politicians and business heavyweights were among the 34 high-profile Australians who endorsed CPD’s A New Approach report. Read...
Madeleine Coorey | Prominent Australians reject refugee response
With the release of CPD’s asylum seeker report, A New Approach: Breaking the Stalemate of Refugee & Asylum Seekers here, Madeleine Coorey writes about 34 prominent business and union leaders supporting a new direction...
David McLennan | Public Service ‘Vulnerable’
The Australian public service is often taken for granted by both politicians and the public alike and the Coalition’s plans to reduce it’s number by 12,000 is just one example. Our recent research released...
PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NEWS | Small Public Service An ‘Easy Target’
Is the obsession by some politicians and media commentators with a return to surplus placing the quality of Australia’s public services at risk? CPD’s recent study The State of the Public Service: An Alternative...
Ian McAuley | Lets Stop Rolling the Market Dice
The drama on the stock markets is largely the product of gambler’s panic. Better regulation would see less volatile markets – and better returns in the real economy, writes Ian McAuley. Originally published at...
Ben Eltham | The GFC Is Back – And It’s Here To Stay
Why has the global financial crisis returned? In fact, it never went away. Ben Eltham looks at the global binge that led us to the great recession – and what we should expect from...
Ben Eltham | The Global Craze for Austerity Will Result in More Pain
Fear is again stalking international markets. Ben Eltham thinks we should not be surprised. In Europe, the sovereign debt crisis that has wracked Greece and Portugal has now spread to the larger economies of...