Diane Bowles

  • Policy Adviser
Expertise: Wellbeing, international development, partnerships
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Diane Bowles is a passionate advocate for increasing public awareness and knowledge about wellbeing science.

Her extensive business experience includes over a decade international development, focussing on microfinance and poverty reduction. She has proven strengths in partnership building, innovative thinking, and owning and managing businesses.

Diane has a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Melbourne, Centre for Wellbeing Science and she graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Miami University, majoring in Political Science.

She now lives on the beautiful Dyarubbin (Hawkesbury) River with her family.

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Avoidable Costs: Better outcomes and better value for public money

Avoidable Costs is a report from the Centre for Policy Development that illustrates the substantial

A national conversation on Measuring What Matters in Australia

A national conversation on Measuring What Matters in Australia explores the merits of providing a

In the media

Avoidable costs in government

By spending on prevention and early intervention governments can achieve better outcomes and better value for public money, says the Centre for Policy Development.
  • Government News
  • 8 July 2025

NSW on course to becoming a wellbeing government

The implementation of a wellbeing framework to measure and report on the performance of NSW government services is one step closer after receiving strong support from parliament’s public accounts committee.
  • Government News
  • 20 January 2025
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