CPD Research Director James Whelan has been published in CPSU’s The Works Autumn 2012 Issue (page 13), outlining his pending report ‘Big Society and Australia’. The report, which can be downloaded here from 30/5/2012, presents a… more
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Big Society | How the UK gov’t is dismantling the state and what it means for Australia | LANDMARK REPORT
Download Big Society and Australia report (5mB .pdf) “Bush declared war on terror, Blair declared war on crime and it’s like Cameron has declared war on the public sector.” It’s just… more
Serco: A case study in outsourcing community service delivery
Why Serco? Six years ago Serco was described as “probably the biggest company you’ve never heard of”[1] and this is still the case for many people. It’s a multinational corporation… more
Essential Vision | Should We Fear a Big Society?
CPD’s recently released essay, Big Society: How the UK Government is Dismantling the State and What it Means for Australia outlined the ways in which David Cameron’s Big Society policy has crippled certain state funded services in… more
What would ‘Big Society’ mean for Australia?
Our first major report in CPD’s Public Service research program, The State of the Australian Public Service: An Alternative Report, analysed political commentary and media coverage that, at times, depicts… more
Public Service Discussion | 6pm, 29 May, Melbourne
Following the release of our forthcoming ‘Big Society’ report in late May, we will host an informal networking event in Melbourne for subscribers who share our interest in the public sector and its role in… more