Cities and Settlement

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...

John Menadue | Rethinking Asylum Seeker Policy

The toxicity of the current asylum seeker debate has left both sides of politics lost at sea. Whilst the opposition exploits our fear of foreigners, the government fumbles from one policy to another, afraid...

Town Hall Meeting Oct 13th. Mandatory Detention: the realistic alternatives

The immigration detention network is at breaking point. Policymakers are so wrapped up in political hubris they have missed the opportunity the High Court decision presented to be a circuit breaker. CPD and ChilOut...

Asia One | Prominent Australians reject refugee response

Singaporean media outlet; Asia One covered the release of our refugee report A New Approach: Breaking the Stalemate on Refugees and Asylum Seekers.   Asia One – Filmmakers, politicians and business heavyweights are among 34...

Prominent Australians reject refugee response | AAP

Filmmakers, politicians and business heavyweights are among 34 high-profile Australians who have endorsed our recent report, A New Approach: Breaking the Stalemate on Refugees & Asylum Seekers. “Australia’s asylum and refugee policy is still...

Kate Gauthier | There are better alternatives to the ‘Malaysia Solution’

CPD Fellow and co-author of our report, A New Approach: Breaking the Stalemate on Refugees & Asylum Seekers, Kate Gauthier offers a detailed perspective on the present asylum seeker debate. Kate Gauthier chats to...

Radio Adelaide Breakfast | Refugee Debate: Interview With Arja Keski-Nummi

Radio Adelaide Breakfast host Tim Brunero interviews Arja Keski-Nummi – one of the authors of our recent report, A New Approach: Breaking the Stalemate on Refugees & Asylum Seekers. To hear the full interview...

Angela Priestley | Big Names Chase Leasership on Asylum Seeker Debate

Major business figures have come out in vocal support of our recent report A New Approach: Breaking the Stalemate on Refugees & Asylum Seekers. The emergence of prominent business leaders weighing in on this...

ABC Radio Australia | Plea for Compassionate Refugee Policy

ABC Radio Australia presenter Ashley Hall discusses the present state of Australian asylum seeker policy in light of the ten year anniversary of the MV Tampa rescue.  Hall chats with one of the endorsers...

SBS World News | Renewed calls to end mandatory detention

SBS Radio, World News Australia presented by Murray Silby covered the release of our report A New Approach: Breaking the Stalemate on Refugee and Asylum Seekers, and outlined the industry and union leaders who...