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.

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Has Gonski stepped outside the square? I CHRIS BONNOR I Inside Story
communications - April 2018
CHRIS BONNOR, published in Inside Story on 20 APRIL 2018 The second Gonski report has been presented to the federal government, and will soon to be made public. Will it back...
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Decentralisation and Democratic Renewal | ANU-CPD POLICY DIALOGUE | March 2018
communications - April 2018
On 29 March 2018, CPD and ANU invited leaders from government, business, civil society, academia and the media to discuss the question ‘can decentralisation boost our regions and improve Australia’s...
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A Creeping Indigenous Separation | DISCUSSION PAPER | February 2018
communications - February 2018
In a Class of Their Own – February 2018 Over the past two years, CPD has highlighted inequity in the funding of Australia’s schools and a growing concentration of disadvantaged...
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Most Indigenous students consigned to schools with least capacity to help
communications - February 2018
CHRIS BONNOR published in The Guardian 19 February 2018 Layers are being created within and between Indigenous communities, making closing the gap ever more difficult We are now into...
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