Miriam Lyons introduces the first InSight edition of the year. more
Monthly Archives:: January 2008
No-one runs hospitals: John Menadue at RACMA meeting
CPD Chair John Menadue presented to the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) meeting on February 21, 2008, a paper on the need for structural reform in our health system entitled ‘No-one runs hospitals’. more
AFR 10th Annual Health Congress: Building a healthcare system around people and their needs
CPD Chair John Menadue and fellow Ian MacAuley will speak at the Australian Financial Review’s annual Health Congress held in Sydney on February 27th-29th, 2008. more
Enter left: let’s hope Rudd isn’t a ‘Strong Leader’
Ian McAuley asks how Kevin Rudd can exercise true leadership and avoid the ‘Strong Leader’ style which helped bring about the Howard government’s demise. more
InSight Edition | February 2008
The new government will not have the luxury of avoiding difficult issues, but it must also avoid the temptation to play Santa and drop policy solutions on the populace like packages down a chimney. more
Regulating for innovation
Regulation can be beneficial, but only if it is responsive and flexible, writes Nicholas Gruen. Australian governments need to adopt a post-Taylorist approach, harnessing the ideas of the regulated and relieving firms that can demonstrate their own excellence from the more onerous requirements. more
Progress and wellbeing: more than GDP and tax cuts
Exit polls taken after last year’s election showed that economic growth alone is no longer enough to guarantee votes. John Langmore and John Wiseman argue for the new Labor government to adopt broader measures of progress than its predecessor. more
Global warming and the case for a coal tax
Australia can outpace the Kyoto process without having to go it alone, writes John Perkins. more
The emergence of new corporate forms
How can we make life easier for companies that combine profit-making with a social mission? How can we make boards responsible to a wider group of stakeholders? CSR expert Susan Mac Cormac reviews the ongoing evolution of the corporation. more