Suffer the little children – asylum seeking kids in Australia There are 628 children in immigration detention. The Government claims that kids are not held behind razor wire. But does
Wild Rivers and Indigenous economic policy In the recent power broking over Canberra’s hung parliament Indigenous property rights gained an unusual prominence. In this guest post,
John Menadue’s sizzling critique of the media The Centre for Policy Development’s founder, John Menadue was at the New News Conference in Melbourne recently. While there was
Means-testing just one way to roll back an inefficient health subsidy Resident CPD health policy expert, Jennifer Doggett, takes a close look at what the government proposes to include in a
What, then, is regional policy? The independents, Oakeshott & Windsor, have everyone talking about rural and regional Australia – Ian McAuley dispels a few myths
Not so healthy proposals for Medicare & private insurance Ian McAuley takes a look at the Government’s proposed bill to increase the Medicare Levy Surcharge and means test the
Lining up the priorities of the Government Perhaps more important than ‘who gets what’ is ‘what gets given’ in the first Ministry of Julia Gillard’s new government.
What Gillard’s government can do on cultural diversity Under Julia Gillard’s hero Bob Hawke, multiculturalism sat within the portfolio of the Prime Minister. All new policies were checked
Right climate for action Fiona Armstrong considers whether the fresh approach to governance and accountability will lead to a new kind of consensus politics
