Effective Government
The Effective Government Program examines how Australia can best ensure that its public institutions deliver active and effective government in the 21st century.
Delivering an active and effective government means tackling long-term policy challenges, delivering high-quality services to the community, weathering existential shocks from abroad, and instilling in the public a shared confidence and respect in their public institutions, and in one another.

Experts
Terry Moran AC (Chair)
Expertise
Australian public service; public sector reform; economic development
Allison Orr (Operations Director)
Expertise
Democratic theory; governance; strategic communication; international relations
Don Russell (Board Member)
Expertise
Economics; innovation; investment; energy; public sector; climate change
Latest Articles

Travers McLeod, Frances Kitt & Krystal Lockwood: Prison stems from disadvantage and entrenches it
communications - December 2020
Published in The Australian on 10 December 2020 The story of Richmond’s two-time premiership player Marlion Pickett reads like a fairytale. He went from youthful crime and prison time in...
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Partners in Crime: the relationship between disadvantage and Australia’s criminal justice systems
communications - December 2020
The Centre for Policy Development is pleased to make available a report on the relationship between disadvantage and Australia’s criminal justice systems. Partners in Crime: the relationship between disadvantage and...
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Our Federation and education in the wake of COVID-19 | ANU-CPD Policy Dialogue | October 2020
Allison Orr - November 2020
On 8 October, we hosted our first ANU-CPD Policy Dialogue for 2020, on ‘Our Federation and Education in the wake of COVID-19’. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are now...
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Can Australia Deliver? | John Menadue Oration by Professor Megan Davis | October 2020
communications - October 2020
2020 John Menadue Oration by Professor Megan Davis Can Australia Deliver? The third instalment of CPD’s flagship event, named after our founding Chairperson John Menadue AO, reflected the world in...
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Travers McLeod and Sam Mostyn: Australia needs to find its heart, brain and courage to recover from the Covid nightmare
communications - October 2020
Published in The Guardian on 11 October 2020. If there is a movie that offers an analogy for the federal budget and its place in Australia’s response to Covid, it might...
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