Moylan challenges coalition asylum policy Centre for Policy Development – “a very credible organisation” – cited as a good source for informed debate Western Australian Liberal MP Judi Moylan spoke out on SBS, 17 July,… more
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Arja Keski-Nummi | ABC RN Breakfast, 19 July
How useful is a ‘Vietnam-style’ asylum seeker policy? Fran Kelly interviews Arja Keski-Nummi for her response to the Green Party’s proposed refugee solution The Radio National Breakfast host Fran Kelly interviewed CPD Fellow and former… more
Miriam Lyons | Sydney Morning Herald 14 July 2012
Ideas worth playing for | SMH News Review Good policy ideas can be “toxic” to Australian politicians, such as decriminalisation of drug use and congestion charging in metropolitan areas, and the Green Party’s inheritance tax policy which… more
CPD Public Service Program | Recruiting a new Research Director
Seeking a new director to lead our Public Service Program Applications close 5pm, 6 August CPD’s Public Service Program combines big-picture thinking on the role of government in the 21st Century with… more
Australian Financial Review, 28 June 2012 | “Lib’s fishing lines”
AFR: “Coalition urged on marine parks” CPD’s Executive Director Miriam Lyons was interviewed for a short piece by Sophie Morris in the Australian Financial Review, 28 June. The article discusses the Australian Marine Alliance’s appeal… more
PS News | Big Society is big trouble for PS
PS News, “independent news for the Australian public service” has picked up the story about the CPD Big Society and Australia report by public service program Research Director Dr James Whelan. The article emphasises the… more
Dr James Whelan | Online Opinion 22 June 2012
Little platoons and Australian government James Whelan was invited by Online Opinion to contribute a piece in response to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and Shadow Minister for Families, Housing and Human Services Kevin Andrews’s ‘landmark speeches’… more
What did 15,000 public servants ever do for us, right? Wrong | SMH Opinion, 14 June 2012
CPD Research Director Dr James Whelan penned an opinion piece at the invitation of Sydney Morning Herald opinion editor Joel Gibson. The piece considers our research report on Big Society and Australia, in light of… more
Phillip Blond, Niki Vincent, Nicholas Gruen and James Whelan | TACSI, Adelaide, 14 August
In conversation: Big Society and Australia The Australian Centre for Social Innovation, Level 1, 279 Flinders Street ADELAIDE, Tuesday 14 August, 5:30-7:30pm Register at Eventbrite – http://ozbigsociety.eventbrite.com.au/ CPD Fellow James Whelan, former public service Research Director and lead… more