Policy Papers
Climate horizons: next steps for scenario analysis in Australia | DISCUSSION PAPER AND PUBLIC FORUM | November 2017
communications - November 2017
Today CPD releases a new discussion paper on how business and investors can use scenario analysis in order to better understand and respond to climate-related risks and opportunities. The paper, Climate horizons: next steps for scenario analysis in Australia, is co-authored by CPD Policy Director Sam Hurley and new CPD...
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Losing the Game: State of our schools in 2017 | REPORT | June 2017
communications - June 2017
Six years after the recommendations from the original Gonski Review into education were published, Australia is once again on the cusp of major education reform. In early May, the Turnbull Government surprised everyone by proposing a new package of needs-based, sector-blind schools funding for the next decade. David Gonski AC returns to...
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Settling Better: Reforming refugee employment and settlement services | REPORT | February 2017
communications - February 2017
As a nation built on immigration, humanitarian migrants (refugees and others in refugee-like situations) make up only a small proportion of the entrants who settle in Australia. Over time, however, these refugees have made an enormous contribution to the nation. Ensuring their successful integration has been vital to building a...
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Avoiding gridlock: policy directions for Australia’s electricity system | DISCUSSION PAPER | December 2016
communications - December 2016
Today CPD is releasing a new paper titled Avoiding Gridlock: Policy Directions for Australia’s Electricity System. The paper is written by Alexander Marks, who was the recipient of the 2016 CPD Sustainable Economy Program Studentship. The paper is based on research Alex completed at Oxford University’s Smith School for Enterprise and...
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New legal opinion and business roundtable on climate risks and directors’ duties | LEGAL OPINION and ROUNDTABLE | October 2016
communications - October 2016
CPD has released a new legal opinion on the extent to which Australian corporate law permits (and indeed requires) company directors to take climate change into account when making decisions about company strategy, performance and risk disclosure. The opinion was commissioned by CPD in partnership with the Future Business Council, and...
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Third meeting | ASIA DIALOGUE ON FORCED MIGRATION | September 2016
communications - September 2016
The third Dialogue meeting took place in September 2016. Download key documents below and read on for more about the meeting, including photos. Key documents for the third Dialogue meeting: Participant profiles Full agenda and participant list Briefing papers Supplementary Business Session pack Press Release, article in the New Straits Times and...
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Uneven playing field: the state of Australia’s schools | REPORT | June 2016
communications - May 2016
Education is at once the great social mobiliser and the great leveller in our society. Educated citizens are safeguards in our democracy, and an educated workforce is vital to a productive, innovative and entrepreneurial economy. Education breaks the shackles of disadvantage and empowers those who live without privilege. But how...
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Second meeting | ASIA DIALOGUE ON FORCED MIGRATION | January 2016
communications - February 2016
The second Dialogue meeting took place in late January 2016. Download key documents below and read on for more about the meeting, including photos. Key documents for the second Dialogue meeting: Participant profiles Full agenda and participant list Briefing papers Dr Hassan Wirajuda’s keynote speech at the Dialogue dinner Further information: For the Dialogue...
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CPD’s Secret Santas for Australia | December 2015
communications - December 2015
To get into the festive spirit this December, CPD has asked 12 prominent Australians to participate in our ‘Secret Santa‘ series. Each day, one of our guest writers will offer a ‘gift’ of fresh thinking and good policy ideas on an issue close to their heart. By mid-December, when each...
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Grand alibis: how declining public sector capability affects services for the disadvantaged | REPORT | December 2015
communications - December 2015
CPD has released a new report called Grand alibis: how declining public sector capability affects services for the disadvantaged. In the report, authors Kelly Farrow, Robert Sturrock and Sam Hurley argue that government’s role in designing and delivering integrated, flexible and holistic human services is more important than ever, but that...
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