PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NEWS | UK public funding travelling in and out of loopholes and US county to legalise Domestic Violence
Youth clubs’ rescue ‘vindicates Big Society idea’ > UK government cuts funding to youth community services, after community outrage and hours of workers’ time and efforts to apply for funding, UK Conservative government now...
John Menadue | Asylum Politics
The Opposition is fond of telling Australians (with no discouragement from the Government) that we are being ‘invaded by boat people’; an easy line to sell when both politicians and the media badly misinform...
Visualisation of CPD’s ‘State of the Public Service’ report
Following the launch of CPD’s ‘State of the Australian Public Service’ report, we convened roundtable discussions in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. The presentation shared with roundtable participants is now available here in a user-friendly...
James Whelan | Public Sector Myths Dispelled
CPD’s public service program director James Whelan talks with Business Spectator about our recent State of the Australian Public Service Alternative Report. Public sector cutbacks are an easy political gain, until the services they...
PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NEWS | Italians protest to protect public service, Indian province promotes quality public services and UK rural communities start to suffer the lack of core public services.
Exclusive: Rural life at ‘tipping point’ as cuts slash services > A study, by consultancy firm Rural Innovation, concludes that there is “no longer scope to continually pare down key public services” in the...
Mike Steketee | Our National Insurance Scheme is Not so Universal or Even Cost-Effective
Australians often pride themselves on the affordability and efficiency of our healthcare system, particularly in comparison to places like US. However is this pride misplaced? In a recent article for The Australian, Mike Steketee...
Ben Eltham | The Arts Where Swords Are Mightier Than Pens
In the western world arts and culture are often labeled frivolous and pretentious, the crucial role they play in human development goes unnoticed. However the recent World Summit on Arts of Culture in Melbourne...
PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NEWS | Successful sustainable government programs, Discussions on the role of government to monitor corporate behaviour
Banmujer: Benefitting Over 300,000 Venezuelan Families Since 2001 > One of Venezuela’s most important public institutions created as a government run bank with the specific purpose of funding socio-productive business initiatives to assist impoverished...
Ben Eltham | Taxing Times for Labor
The Wayne Swan’s tax summit is on this week, but areas of urgent reform and pivotal taxes like the GST aren’t even on the agenda. So can we expect much to come of it?...
John Menadue & Arja Keski-Nummi | Hysterical Political Debate Ignores the Fears of Vulnerable People
Now is the time for leadership, not focus groups. However it seems that leadership on the matter of asylum seeker policy is strikingly absent on both sides of the political spectrum. We have a...