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
Publications
The State of the Australian Public Service: An Alternative Report | LANDMARK REPORT
The Centre for Policy Development releases The State of the Australian Public Service: An Alternative Report, as part of our Public Service program. DOWNLOAD the report The State of the Australian Public… more
Prominent Australians urge political leaders to break stalemate on refugees & asylum seekers
Download: A New Approach – Breaking the Stalemate on Refugees and Asylum Seekers Australia needs a circuit-breaker in our treatment of people seeking asylum from war and persecution. On the tenth… more
Media ownership and regulation in Australia | Discussion paper
By Rob Harding-Smith, CPD Researcher In theory the media should diversify a nation’s democracy, serving as a channel through which many different groups can participate in national debate. Yet with… more
John Quiggin | Gillard’s Labor Has Lost Its Heritage
Wayne Swan’s Budget speech opened with a commendation of ‘this Labor budget’ and closed with an invocation of the past Labor governments which ‘managed the transition from a closed… more
Fiona Armstrong & Laura Eadie | Innovating For A Prosperous and Secure Future
When it comes to innovation policy, the Gillard government relies heavily on hot air to hide their lightweight commitment to Australia’s long-term future. Back in February, the Prime Minister painted… more
John Menadue | Trampling on Human Rights is Expensive
Asylum seekers continue to suffer because of poll driven policies and their fate remains an enormous political problem for Australia. John Menadue adds up how expensive trampling on human rights really… more
James Arvanitakis & Alex Surace | The Disease that Ate the Budget
Wayne Swan’s fourth budget can be commended for beginning to address upper-class welfare and ending unnecessary tax cuts. However, Australia once again finds itself riding the resource boom and China’s… more
Eva Cox | Making a Society More Fragile
The primary and secondary purpose of Gillard’s first budget as PM appears to be economic growth for its own sake. It fails to deliver any new equity policies that could… more
Ian McAuley | A Glimmer of Vision to a Close Horizon
Is the surplus fetish distracting the Government from the real economic challenges? Ian McAuley finds glimpses of Labor values in an otherwise short-sighted budget. In the Budget is… more