Working Life | 14 October 2013
A homeless working class Insecure jobs are costing Australians Recent findings by Lisa Heap has shown that up to 40% of Australian homeless people are in fact working. Furthermore 40% of all working people...
The Drum | 10 October 2013
Politicians’ expenses, car industry, social media and finance privacy. Executive director Miriam Lyons joins host Julia Baird on ABC’s The Drum with Kerry Chikarovski and Jonathan Green. The panel discuss politician’s expenses under the light...
The Drum | 2 October 2013
Reducing the public sector Will Abbott’s cuts be costly? The claim that 12,000 jobs in the public service would go under an Abbott government was widely debated during the election. Greg Jericho at ABC’s The...
NUW Anti-Poverty Week | 13-19 October 2013
The National Union of Workers – Anti-Poverty Week 2013 Poverty affects more than a million people in Australia and more than a billion people worldwide. During ‘Anti-Poverty Week’ Australians are encouraged to organise or take part...
Renew Economy | 2 October 2013
What the world looks like in 2013… University of Melbourne Festival of Ideas Miriam Lyons, executive director for CPD attended this years ‘Festival of Ideas’ hosted by the University of Melbourne. The event is...
The Lamp | October 2013
How ‘efficient’ are cuts to public service? Often the term efficiency is used to mean cuts, but when cuts start costing as much as they saves there is no efficiency. CPD’s research director Christopher...
TDSA conference presentation | 24 July 2013
NFPs: Survive or Perish What’s driving your future? CPD’s public service research director Christopher Stone was a keynote speaker at the Transport Development & Solutions Alliance’s (TDSA) biennial conference earlier this year. The not for...
So long, and thanks for all the great ideas!
I have one of the best jobs in the country. I get to work with smart, dedicated, talented people to help make progressive ideas matter. It’s a privilege I’ve treasured since the Centre for...
2013 Festival of Ideas | Melbourne 1-6 October
2013 Festival of Ideas: The Art and Science of Wellbeing. The University of Melbourne is hosting the 2013 Festival of Ideas. Miriam Lyons, CPD’s executive director, will be presenting along with a diverse array of...
The Sydney Morning Herald | 30 September 2013
Tony Abbott’s contempt for climate science: IPCC report ‘most scrutinised document in the history of science’ The latest climate change report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has resulted in climate experts...