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Integrated Primary Health Care

The need to develop and implement an improved community based primary health care system has never been stronger. As a CPD subscriber you are entitled to a 10% discount if you attend Integrated Primary Health Care 2009 to discover how existing models of equitable community based care are being established nationally.

Date: 30th September - 1st October 2009.



Strategic Workplace Planning in the APS 2009

A new government, a volatile economy and an ageing population has changed the dynamic of the Australian Public Sector. The global financial crisis has increased pressure on the public service to do more with less and with a significant proportion of the APS expected to retire within the next 10 years, the urgency for effective workforce planning has never been greater!

As a member of the Centre for Policy Development you are entitled to a 10% discount off the standard price. Please quote CPDWFP10 when registering to receive your discount. 21st - 22nd September 2009
Marque Hotel
Canberra



The Perfect Storm - Australia's role in a time of crisis

CPD is pleased to present The Perfect Storm, Friday July 31st at The Sussex Room, Crown Plaza Darling Harbour. The World faces a "triple crunch" the Global Financial Crisis, climate emergency and escalating food prices and resources shortages. Is Australia up to the challenge at home and in our region? Speakers will be:

  • Andrew Hewett; Executive Director of Oxfam
  • Ian Dunlop; CPD Fellow and previous head of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Reverend Tatue Lusama; Chair of Tuvalu Climate Action Network
  • Ben McNeil; Senior Fellow UNSW Climate Change Research Center

Drinks will be served from 5.45pm and discussion will begin at 6.00pm



Intergovernmental Relations Conference: A practical approach in a changing landscape

How can State and Federal governments work together more effectively to improve the services they deliver?

Register for the Intergovernmental Relations conference, July 21 - July 22, 2009 Canberra and hear from public sector practitioners from national, state and local governments, peak bodies and academics on cooperative federalism.



Welfare for the rich? How tax breaks are transforming Australia's Welfare State

CPD Fellow, Ben Spies-Butcher considers how tax breaks are transforming Australia's welfare. Are these new forms of social security promoting self-reliance or more welfare for the rich? If you’re in Melbourne, come along to this joint Centre for Policy Development and Australian Fabians event on 6pm Wednesday 1 July.


School for Citizens

Time is running out! If you've ever wanted to know how to influence decision-makers about an issue that matters to you or your community, apply for the School for Citizens workshop.

The School for Citizens is a new workshop designed to help community groups, non-government organisations and non-for-profits better understand AND affect policy processes.

Applications close May 9, 2009 at 5pm.



'Crunchtime': Bringing together the best policy minds to discuss Australia's future

The Centre for Policy Development co-hosted 'Crunchtime: Australia's policy future', Australia's first progressive think-tank conference. Impressive speakers like Anne Pettifor, Julian Disney and CPD fellows Steve Keen, David McKnight and Mark Davis shared their insights for Australia's policy future. Read Fiona Cameron's Crunchtime report


Launch of 'Contemporary Society': a new book by James Arvanitakis

Join CPD fellow James Arvanitakis at Gleebooks, Sydney on March 27 2009 to launch his new book Contemporary Society.


CPD Executive Director at the Public Policy Development and Evaluation Forum

Centre for Policy Development Executive Director Miriam Lyons spoke at the Public Policy Development and Evaluation Forum in Canberra (ACT) on March 24, 2009.


The Fabians present: The Global Financial Crisis: How bad will it get?

CPD fellow Steve Keen will join Bernie Fraser and Gary Weiss for the first Fabian forum of 2009 in Sydney. The forum will ask the question: "The Global Financial Crisis: How bad will it get?"


National Policy Officers' Conference

In partnership with Liquid Learning and Australian Policy Online, the Centre for Policy Development presents the National Policy Officers' Conference from March 9 to March 12, 2009. The conference will present practical advice on how policy officers can become more effective in all aspects of their role.


Miriam Lyons presents Oikonomia at the Queensland Economics Teachers Conference

CPD Executive Director Miriam Lyons will present 'Oikonomia: economics in the 21st century' at the Queensland Economics Teachers Conference on Saturday, March 7th 2009.


James Murray at Politics in the Pub

Centre for Policy Development Research Director James Murray will speak at Politics in the Pub on Friday, 13 February 2009 at Sydney's The Gaelic Club


Common Ground: climate change

The Centre for Policy Development brings you a Common Ground discussion on climate change with the topic ‘Australia should lead, not follow’. Join keynote speakers Bob Carr (former Premier, NSW), (NSW Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Environment) followed by a panel of Fiona Wain (Environment Business Australia), Steve Hatfield-Dodds (former CSIRO, now Department of Climate Change) and Imam Afroz Ali (from the ‘Australian Religious Response to Climate Change’ initiative) at Customs House, Sydney on Wednesday 26 November 2008, 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

Limited places! Click through to register your seat online.


Tony Moore chairs the launch of "Trade Unionism in Australia"

CPD fellow Tony Moore will chair a panel of thinkers at Gleebooks on Friday 14 November asking "What is the future for the Trade Union movement?" to launch a new book by Tom Bramble, Trade Unionism in Australia – A history from flood to ebb tide. Tony will be joined by panel made up by a host of academics, unionists and journalists, including the author Tom Bramble. RSVP to jsymons@cambridge.edu.au.


Health Economics talk for Directors of Pharmacy

CPD fellow Jennifer Doggett will address the Directors of Pharmacy from all the major public hospitals in NSW and the ACT when she speaks on health financing reforms at a Hospira information session on October 31, 2008.


Gleebooks and CPD present Miriam Lyons in conversation with Mark Davis

CPD Director Miriam Lyons joined Mark Davis, author of Gangland: Cultural Elites and the New Generationalism, to discuss his new book The Land of Plenty at Gleebooks, Sydney on Monday, 15 September. Bookings through Gleebooks.


'The Honest Trader' at Melbourne Writers Festival

CPD Director Miriam Lyons will MC a session of the Melbourne Writers Festival "The Honest Trader" featuring Duncan Green, Kenneth Davidson and Heikki Patomaki at Federation Square, Melbourne, on Sunday August 24.


Common Ground: Political Donations

The second event in our public lecture series, Common Ground, will take place on Wednesday 13th August 2008 with Lee Rhiannon (NSW Greens) and Janet Albrechtsen (The Australian) exploring what ground they share on the issue of political donations. Common Ground will be held at Customs House, Sydney, from 5:30pm: capacity is strictly limited.


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