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Redefining Progress: Global lessons for an Australian approach to wellbeing

Redefining Progress is a report from the Centre For Policy Development’s Wellbeing Initiative. Looking at 21 global approaches to wellbeing over the past 50 years it identifies four key characteristics of advanced wellbeing approaches...

Eleventh meeting | ASIA DIALOGUE ON FORCED MIGRATION | 2022

The Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration (ADFM) convened virtually for its eleventh meeting in 2022, with part part one taking place on 24 March and the second part taking place on 1 July. We...

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Starting Now – Centre for Policy Development

Starting Now - first steps towards a universal early childhood system Starting Now is a briefing paper from the Centre for Policy Development that sets out a roadmap to a universal, accessible and affordable...

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Future Ready – Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration

Future Ready - Opportunities to reform the Bali Process Future Ready is a report from the Secretariat of the Asia Dialogue on Forced Migration that sets out an eight-step plan to strengthen and clarify...

Leadership Transition Update – Centre for Policy Development

Centre for Policy Development Leadership Transition Update The Centre for Policy Development Board has decided to make its acting leadership team permanent. Andrew Hudson, Annabel Brown and Allison Orr are now CPD’s permanent CEO,...

Leadership Transition – Centre for Policy Development

Centre for Policy Development Leadership Transition The Centre for Policy Development has today announced that Travers McLeod will be stepping down from the position of CEO at the end of March to take on...

Starting Better Report - Centre for Policy Development

VIDEO: Starting Better Launch – Centre for Policy Development

CPD and Parliamentary Friends of Early Childhood hosted the virtual industry launch of Starting Better: A Guarantee for Young Children and Families on Monday 7 February. Attended by by more than 100 early childhood...

Who’s buying? – Centre for Policy Development

Who’s buying? in the media AFR and ABC both covered the release of the report Toby Phillips appeared on ABC News and AM to discuss the report’s findings It was also covered by AAP,Business...

VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT: Climate Risk, Capital Markets and Global Governance

The climate risk, capital markets and global governance forum saw senior leaders from Australia and the United States explore the latest climate policy developments, their impact on economic strategy and diplomacy, and how Australia’s...

Australia should take 20,000 Afghan Refugees

Thursday 19 August 2021 CPD is calling on the the Australian government to accept 20,000 Afghan refugees in addition to its normal humanitarian resettlement intake. Australia cannot escape its responsibilities to Afghanistan and the...