Policy papers

REAL WORLD ECONOMICS: Competition and Cohesion | DISCUSSION PAPER

A viable economic strategy must be founded on a general disposition in favour of competitive markets, writes Michael Keating. But markets can be managed by governments in ways that increase the capacity of government...

Australia’s public broadcasters | DISCUSSION PAPER

In this draft discussion paper Emma Dawson and Miriam Lyons outline the basic principles that should underpin our public broadcasting policy, and suggest some ways to better equip the ABC and SBS to meet...

INTRODUCTION: Ideas for an Australian media policy | DISCUSSION PAPER

The Centre for Policy Development is developing a series of discussion papers on media policy reform. In this introduction former Centre for Policy Development fellow Emma Dawson and current CPD Director Miriam Lyons argue...

Reclaiming Our Common Wealth | DISCUSSION PAPER

Calling on all Australian politicians to re-think the way they develop public policy, Reclaiming our Common Wealth argues that the short-term thinking of the election cycle is damaging Australia's long-term interests. We need a...