The Centre for Policy Development has welcomed a new troop to the fold, Research Director James Murray. James joins us from the banking and finance sectors and will lead the CPD's economics strand. Read a letter from James to CPD's Subscribers and Supporters .

Jane Caro writes, 'Generosity by the West, by rich countries like Australia, particularly in the areas of health and education, will do more to help our long-term security than all the Australian Federal Police in the world.'