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Centre for Policy Development CEO, Travers McLeod, joins Shannon Kilgariff on The Wire to discuss the government’s recent decision to deny refugees who have applied for UNHCR status in Indonesia resettlement in Australia after...
Australia needs long term policy to handle immigration, says major new report Sarah Whyte talks to Paris Aristotle about Beyond the boats The Abbott government may have claimed victory in stopping the boats, but...
Report from a high level roundtable on asylum and refugee policy convened by CPD, Australia21 and the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law (UNSW) Now that the acute phase of boat arrivals appears over,...
The Pacific Solution is reaching its endgame. Scott Morrison will soon run out of options. If you missed it last week, Richard Ackland, in The Guardian, was seeking new approaches on asylum seeker policy....
Time to change our perception of asylum seekers Opinion editorial by Travers McLeod, Bob Douglas & Jane McAdam, following the joint High level asylum policy roundtable This important event was held at Parliament House, Canberra on...
Forging a long-term framework for asylum seeker policy: expert open dialogue seeking a new approach. A joint initiative of CPD, Australia21 and the Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW. Parliament House, Canberra, 11 July 2014...
Travers McLeod on The Drum panel CPD’s new Chief Executive Travers McLeod joined host Steve Cannane, Fairfax media’s Jacqueline Maley and Chris Berg from the Institute of Public Affairs. The panel discussion centred on such diverse...
CPD CEO Travers McLeod on the long-term repercussions of no transparency on asylum seeker policy In the autumn 2014 edition of Australian Options Magazine, Travers McLeod discusses in his article ‘On War, Water and Information’,...
Operation Sovereign Borders – Australia’s “military-led, border security operation” Travers McLeod, CPD’s incoming Chief Executive Officer, suggests that if ‘Operation Sovereign Borders’ is being approached as a military operation then it should be assessed...
Kevin Rudd announces plans to tighten borders… Harsher rules on ‘economic migrants’, review of refugee convention and regional cooperation. Miriam Lyons, executive director of CPD, joins the panel on the Drum with Katharine Murphy,...