Upcoming report | The State of the Australian Public Service: An Alternative Report
An anti-public service campaign, championed by conservative politicians, commentators and think tanks seeks to persuade the Australian community that public … more…
Recent Thinking Points
‘Public servants are an easy target’: Upcoming CPD report
Earlier this year, Senator Kim Carr observed that, “The pleasure taken in bureaucrat bashing has reached new extremes.” CPD’s research confirms the Senator’s view. Our analysis of the Parliamentary record, in particular, reveals a highly polarised debate without consistent left-right … more…
Public services in the news 04/07/2011
Liberals support removal of public service tenure > The South Australian Opposition says it will support government moves to remove permanency from the public service so redeployed public servants who can’t find another job in the public sector within 12 … more…
Ian Dunlop | Corporate Heads in the Sand: Global Warming, Risk & Governance
Global warming is about risk and uncertainty. Many factors probably contribute to it, including natural variability. However, it is beyond reasonable doubt that the world is warming and that human carbon emissions are a major contributor. The risks of destabilizing … more…
Latest Publications
John Quiggin | Gillard’s Labor Has Lost Its Heritage
Wayne Swan’s Budget speech opened with a commendation of ‘this Labor budget’ and closed with an invocation of the … more…
James Arvanitakis & Alex Surace | The Disease that Ate the Budget
Wayne Swan’s fourth budget can be commended for beginning to address upper-class welfare and ending unnecessary tax cuts. However, Australia … more…
Eva Cox | Making a Society More Fragile
The primary and secondary purpose of Gillard’s first budget as PM appears to be economic growth for its own sake. … more…
