Centre for Policy Development (CPD) is a public policy

think tank A think tank, or public policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governme ...

in Australia.

History

John Menadue AO was the founding chair of the organisation. He had served as Secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet for prime ministers

Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975. To date the longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was notable for being ...

and

Malcolm Fraser John Malcolm Fraser (; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, and is the fourth List of ...

, among other roles.

Description

The Centre for Policy Development focuses on informing public policy in Australia and the Indo-Pacific region. Its programs cover such topics as

climate change Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...

, energy transition, child detention, refugee settlement with regard to the economy, and

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Governance

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(

Governor General Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, ...

) stepped down as chair, and Don Russell became acting chair. Andrew Hudson is

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Impact

The research, recommendations and views of the CPD are frequently cited in the media.

Research fellows

The following are former research fellows who resigned in 2015 over concerns that CPD was moving to a more centre-right position.Statement on resignation from CPD and alternative: public statement by Mark Bahnisch, Eva Cox and John Quiggin, (24 April 2015), The New Social Democrat
accessed 24 April 2015 *Mark Bahnisch * Eva Cox *

John Quiggin John Quiggin (born 29 March 1956) is an Australian economist, a professor at the University of Queensland. He was formerly an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Federation Fellow and a member of the board of the Climate Change A ...

''Goodbye to CPD'', (17 April 2015), John Quiggin: Commentary on Australian & world events from a social-democratic perspective
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Steve Keen Steve Keen (born 28 March 1953) is an Australian economist and author. He considers himself a post-Keynesian, criticising neoclassical economics as inconsistent, unscientific, and empirically unsupported. Keen was formerly an associate profe ...

*Ben Spies-Butcher *James Whelan

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Centre For Policy Development Think tanks based in Australia 2007 establishments in Australia