New CPD online media resource addresses misinformation Experts in this complex field of refugee and immigration policy, CPD fellows John Menadue, Arja Keski-Nummi and Kate Gauthier collaborated on a unique… more
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John Menadue and Arja Keski-Nummi | The Drum Unleashed, 29 August 2012
Seismic shift in asylum policy exposes ghosts of intolerance CPD Fellows ask how to best implement the imperfect set of solutions that is the Houston report While the government has… more
Menadue & Keski-Nummi | The Age, 13 August 2012
Refugees: what we should do CPD Fellows propose a way forward as the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers reports today John Menadue and Arja Keski-Nummi offer six action points to shape policy that recognises Australia’s obligation to… more
Menadue & Keski-Nummi | Submission to Expert Panel on Asylum & Refugees
CPD Fellows take a multidimensional approach to asylum policy CPD Fellows John Menadue and Arja Keski-Nummi have submitted their recommendations to the government-appointed Expert Panel on Asylum and Refugees. “The hallmark of good public policy is… more
John Menadue | The Wire 25 June 2012
Call for agreement on a regional solution for refugees CPD Fellow John Menadue AO was interviewed on The Wire radio news program on 25 June, alongside NSW Co-convenor of Labor for… more
John Menadue | The Pacific Solution didn’t work before and it won’t work now
One-liners derived from focus groups and dog-whistling don’t add up to an acceptable refugee policy. But that is what the Coalition offers. ‘Stop the boats … turn them back to… more
Private Health Insurance: High in cost and low in equity | OCCASIONAL PAPER
Government proposals to apply a means test to private health insurance subsidies have re-ignited the debate about the role of private insurance. Download the new CPD discussion paper ‘Private Health… more
John Menadue | Fraser and Whitlam’s fruitful rivalry
Fred Daly, the irrepressible ALP Member for Grayndler whose first campaign slogan was ‘Give us this day our Daly Fred’, once said that today’s political enemies may turn out to… more
A New Approach: Breaking the Stalemate on Refugees & Asylum Seekers | LANDMARK REPORT
CPD has released A new approach: breaking the stalemate on refugees & asylum seekers, a report which comprehensively critiques Australia’s refugee and asylum policies and finds they are inhumane, ineffective and… more