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Miriam Lyons is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Development.

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Difficult, but not diabolical

Miriam Lyons, CPD's Executive Director, looks at the role of faith and visions of change in moving beyond our current impasse.


CPD ideas for the Gov2.0 Taskforce: open sourcing policy development?

The open source software world has a lot to teach us about collaborating to produce 'public goods'. Miriam Lyons explores the parallels and flags some ideas on how we can overcome the obstacles to upgrading democracy.


Upgrading Democracy: Opening Doors

How many Australians hate voting, let alone think of taking a more active role in the development of Government policy? Miriam Lyons argues that the most effective form of democratic renewal is for governments to let more citizens through the door to help make the decisions that affect their lives.


Upgrading Democracy: Opening Windows

CPD's Executive Director Miriam Lyons reflects on the difference between stronger Freedom of Information laws and an 'open access' mindset, and argues that it's time to open the windows of government and let some more light into the big house on the hill.


Beyond FOI

Miriam Lyons looks at the future of Freedom of Information reform now that John ‘the hipster’ Faulkner's eagle eye is gazing elsewhere.


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.


Deep emissions cuts not so diabolical under Obama

Miriam Lyons took a look at what the election of Obama means for Australia in Crikey


Blindness to our biases led us to tears

Miriam Lyonsand James Murray wrote about behavioural economics and the global financial crisis for The Age


Fixing politics: short-term gain vs long-term pain

Miriam Lyons looked at whether our political system is up to the challenges of the 21st century in Crikey


Miriam Lyons on ABC1's Q and A with Tony Jones

CPD Director Miriam Lyons will take her place on the Q and A panel next Thursday 3 July from 9:30pm on ABC1.


A New Progressive Consensus?

We asked delegates to the 2020 Summit for an appraisal of the proceedings and the ideas which emerged throughout the weekend. CPD Director Miriam Lyons, Stephen Leeder, Lyn Carson, Jon Altman and Bill Bowtell report back.


5 2020 ideas in 5 minutes

In this installment of '5 ideas in 5 minutes', we present a selection of ideas which delegates will be taking to the Australia 2020 summit this weekend.


Editorial: not just for Christmas - getting the government we deserve

Miriam Lyons introduces the first InSight edition of the year.


Editorial: how to clean up Canberra

Miriam Lyons looks at the history of 'open government' in Australia and introduces the Reclaiming Democracy edition.


Could a Labor government escape the Liberal legacy?

If it is to make real change, a future Labor government will need to resist the temptation to mimic its predecessor, writes Miriam Lyons in Online Opinion.


Safe choice for a change

Miriam Lyons wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald's News Review feature on the secrets of Rudd's success


CPD launch speech - Miriam Lyons

"Many of today's policy failures are based on an unbalanced view of human nature and a blinkered view of the economy", said Miriam Lyons. "We'll be basing our policy development on the search for a better balance between markets, governments, society and the environment."


5 ideas in 5 minutes

In each edition of InSight we'll be profiling 5 innovative policy ideas from around the world. This month's ideas: Time banks | Feed-in tariffs | banning junk food advertising to children | the Alaska Permanent Fund | Circles of Care


DISCUSSION PAPER: Australia’s public broadcasters

In this draft discussion paper Emma Dawson and Miriam Lyons outline the basic principles that should underpin our public broadcasting policy, and suggest some ways to better equip the ABC and SBS to meet the needs of Australian citizens.


INTRODUCTION: Ideas for an Australian media policy

The Centre for Policy Development is developing a series of discussion papers on media policy reform. In this introduction former Centre for Policy Development fellow Emma Dawson and current CPD Director Miriam Lyons argue that the failure to reinvent Australia’s media policy for a new media age is putting the health of our democracy at risk.


Editorial: budget 2006

This week the Centre for Policy Development presents a special policy edition on the Budget. Some of Australia’s most respected economists, including John Quiggin, Steve Keen, and Frank Stilwell, look at the social and economic implications of last week's Budget and find a lot of missed opportunities. After years of underinvestment in skills and infrastructure, we need economic management that reflects widely-held values such as fairness, ethical responsibility, and stewardship of our common future.


DIY investigative journalism - just add source

Miriam Lyons argues that citizen journalism projects like SourceWatch could help halt the decline of investigative journalism.



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