Welcome to the CPD

The Centre for Policy Development, a public interest think tank dedicated to promoting alternative voices in Australia's public debate, has come a long way since we launched in May 2007. If you'd like to share your ideas for building CPD's voice in 2008, please take 3 minutes to complete this short survey.


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Upcoming Events

AFR 10th Annual Health Congress: Building a healthcare system around people and their needs

CPD Chair John Menadue and fellow Ian MacAuley will speak at the Australian Financial Review's annual Health Congress held in Sydney on February 27th-29th, 2008.


Australian Workplaces: What rights? Whose rights? Your say...

The Honourable Paul Munro will speak on the rights based approach to regulating employment relations at an Australian Institute of Employment Rights (AIER) event at the end of June.


Robyn Williams 'in conversation' with Miriam Lyons

Join ABC Radio Presenter Robyn Williams in conversation with CPD Director Miriam Lyons to discuss Robyn’s new book Future Perfect: What next? And other impossible questions on 22 August.



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Latest Publications

The CPD publishes research papers and proposals on a diverse range of policy challenges. Our work focuses on reimagining the public sphere and rebalancing the relationship between markets, government, society and the environment. As well as occasional papers, we publish the series ReThink, ImagiNation and CommonSense.

Australia's Fiscal Straightjacket

In his new discussion paper for the Centre for Policy Development, Fred Argy demolishes eight myths underpinning what currently passes for "fiscal conservatism" in Australia. The view that neither taxes nor public debt levels should ever increase is lazy and timid policy, not good governance, writes Argy.


Deeper in Debt

Australians are addicted to debt but we can't afford to keep borrowing at current levels forever. 'Deeper in Debt' is CPD fellow Steve Keen's analysis of Australia's looming crisis in housing affordability and private debt.



The risk society

CPD fellow John Quiggin examines the role of government as the ultimate risk manager. He argues that risk will be the defining concept of the 21st century, the way that globalisation was for the 1990s.



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