Post Carbon Pathways? Necessary. Possible. Urgent | OCCASIONAL PAPER
Around the world an increasing number of detailed policy road maps are demonstrating the possibility – as well as the necessity and urgency – of a rapid transition to a just and sustainable post...
Ian McAuley | Can This Man Handle the Economy?
Joe Hockey’s shortcomings on economic policy were on show again last week. Why do the media give the Shadow Treasurer such an easy run on economic issues, asks Ian McAuley. It has been an...
Eva Cox | The Feminist Exercise: Achieving Real Gender Equity
Do we have gender equity in today’s society? CPD fellow Eva Cox asks whether we are truly satisfied with the fact that we have a female PM, Governor-General, a couple of premiers and CEOs...
John Menadue | The Truth About Airborne Asylum Seekers
CPD founder and Board Director John Menadue condemns the Opposition’s current stance on asylum seekers. Either using one-liners or simply recycling failed policy plans of the past, such as Nauru, is not a credible...
ACOSS National Conference 2012 | 29-30 March 2012
When – 29 – 30 March 2012 Where – Australian Technology Park, Locomotive St, Eveleigh (Redfern), Sydney As part of the ACOSS National Conference ”Sharing the wealth of the lucky country”, there will be a session titled “Poverty...
Means Test Selective Parents
There is a serious equity issue in our schooling system, and its not just the public vs private debate, but within the public school system itself. Citing CPD fellow Chris Bonnor, SMH’s Rachel Browne...
Ian McAuley | A Smarter Way to Police Pokies
Politicians and voters both say they hate poker machines but reforms are moving slowly. Is there a better way? Ian McAuley explains in New Matlida how the distribution of GST revenue to the states...
Post Carbon Pathways: A Critical Overview of Post Carbon Economy Transition Plans | 15 March 2012
Date: Thursday 15 March, 2012 Time: 5.30pm-7.00pm Venue: Woodward Conference Centre, Level 10, Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton The Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at The University of Melbourne and the Centre for Policy Development are...
Ben Eltham | Gillard’s Solar Burn-Out
With the Labor leadership debacle somewhat behind us, PM Julia Gillard faces the grand task of turning the ship around, writes Ben Eltham in New Matilda. However, recent events show that she has once again failed to steer...
Essential Vision | Should We Fear a Big Society?
CPD’s recently released essay, Big Society: How the UK Government is Dismantling the State and What it Means for Australia outlined the ways in which David Cameron’s Big Society policy has crippled certain state funded services...