Refugee Week Forum 2012 | 20th June, Sydney
Refugee Week Forum 1st floor Balmain Town Hall, 370 Darling Street, Balmain, Wednesday 20th June 6.30 for 7-9 p.m. (lift available) The Forum, Not Political Football: Real Solutions for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, is...
Communities in Control 2012 Conference | Melbourne, 28-29 May
Communities in Control is Australia’s biggest and best annual gathering of community sector workers, volunteers and supporters – each year bringing together a stellar list of speakers and hundreds of people who work in...
Public Service research presentations
View summarised presentations of CPD’s public service research here. Big Society and Australia: How the UK Government is dismantling the state and what it means for Australia This report presents a comprehensive analysis of...
Dr Gunter Pauli | ABC Radio National Big Ideas
Gunter Pauli’s goal is to create jobs, achieve multiple benefits and add value to underperforming assets. All with zero emissions and zero waste. Think he’s a dreamer? Think again. ABC’s Radio National program Big Ideas rebroadcasts...
Christopher Stone | Thinking ahead: a budget for more than this year, ABC The Drum
In his article on ABC’s The Drum, CPD researcher Chris Stone suggests a different way of thinking about the budget, and makes important predictions about budget night media and political commentary which he claims is...
Miriam Lyons | ABC The Drum, 26 April 2012
In this episode of ABC’s The Drum, Tim Palmer speaks with Miriam Lyons from the Centre for Policy Development, Radio 2UE broadcaster John Stanley and economist and contributing columnist to The Australian Judith Sloan....
Club of Rome | Change the Course
The Club of Rome “Limits to Growth” study was launched 40 years ago in March, and the Club has launched a major social media initiative built around the analogy of the Titanic disaster of...
Sustainable Business Australia | Should Australia Embrace the Blue Economy Report
Inspirational entrepreneur Dr Gunter Pauli was the keynote speaker at the Sustainable Business Australia forum, outlining his vision of The Blue Economy and its wide scope of economic, social, and environmental benefits. Providing the Australian context is a...
Ian Dunlop | The Future of Energy: The Most Likely Scenario – Emergency Action
The Future of Energy: The Most Likely Scenario – Emergency Action is a submission by CPD fellow Ian Dunlop as a response to the government’s 2011 Draft Energy White Paper (DEWP). The DEWP confirms perceptions that...
Gunter Pauli | The Blue Economy Podcast
CPD and Sydney Ideas co-hosted the return of Gunter Pauli to Sydney, for an update on The Blue Economy, a business model that develops socially responsible and sustainable enterprises by linking them with open-source scientific...