Travers McLeod

Fellow

Expertise: Law, International relations, Public policy, Governance, Public sector, International law, Climate change, Forced migration

Travers joined the Brotherhood of St. Laurence (BSL) as its Executive Director in April 2022. Prior to that, he led the Centre for Policy Development as CEO for eight years

Travers began his career in public law, working for the State Solicitor’s Office in Western Australia and for Justice Michael Kirby in the High Court of Australia.

He holds a DPhil and MPhil (Dist) in International Relations from Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes scholar and was a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations.

He worked as a Policy Adviser for the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford, playing a lead role in their 2013 report Now for the Long Term. Travers’ first book, Rule of Law in War, was published by Oxford University Press in 2015. He remains an Associate of the Oxford Martin School and holds adjunct positions at the University of Melbourne and the University of Western Australia.

Publications

Starting Better Launch – Centre for Policy Development

Seventh Climate and Recovery Initiative roundtable

The seventh Climate & Recovery Initiative roundtable, on Friday 19 November 2021, was held directly

Starting better: A guarantee for young children and families

Starting Better is a landmark 2021 report charting a decade of holistic reform to make

CPD appears at the Senate inquiry into the current capability of the Australian Public Service

On Friday 6 August 2021, CPD’s CEO Travers McLeod, CPD Chairperson Terry Moran AC and

CPD appears at the inquiry into the prudential regulation of investment in Australia’s export industries

On Wednesday 28 July 2021, CPD’s CEO Travers McLeod and Sustainable Economy Program Director Toby

Third Climate and Recovery Initiative roundtable

On 23 November, CPD and our partners convened the stakeholders in our Third Climate and

In the media

Joint Statement: Workforce Australia report sets foundation for better jobs deal

The report of the inquiry into Workforce Australia is a significant and timely recognition that our employment services system requires substantial reform.

Australia risks missing the boat on $130 trillion clean energy investment

Investors are demanding greater certainty about the path to 2050 net zero emissions

ABC RN Breakfast
24 November 2021

MEDIA RELEASE: Starting Better: A Guarantee For Young Children and Families

Starting Better report proposes a decade of reforms to create a Guarantee for Young Children and Families

Directors liable for ‘greenwashing’ disclosures

Companies and their directors could be sued for “greenwashing” their commitments to achieve their net zero carbon pledges or emissions reductions targets, according to a legal opinion backed by some of Australia’s top business leaders.

AFR
26 April 2021

Companies warned that ‘greenwashing’ could have legal consequences

Company directors that rush to make net zero pledges without fully examining the firm’s ability to meet the goals could be guilty of “misleading or deceptive conduct” and vulnerable to regulatory or legal penalties.

RenewEconomy
26 April 2021

Prison population high as crime falls

Research by the Centre for Policy Development found imprisonment rates were higher than the global average in every Australian state and territory except the ACT.

The Australian
10 December 2020