CPD in the news
- CPD Director Miriam Lyons took on Politics and the Academy on ABC1's Q and A on Thursday, 3rd July.
- The Age covered CPD fellow Ian McAuley's new CPD paper on the Case for a single national health insurer in Single-desk Insurance is a healthier option.
- Director Miriam Lyons examined how our political system - and our new leaders - will really stand up to the challenges of the 20th century in her Crikey article Fixing Politics: Short term gain vs Long term pain.
- CPD fellow Ian Dunlop pointed out the elephant in the room in recent debate over petrol prices: peak oil. See Oils Ain't Spoils in New Matilda.
- Ben Eltham looked at the politics behind rising rent prices in Fixing politics: the housing affordability crisis for Crikey.com.au
- Private schools received $8billion dollars more than public schools for capital investment over 2002-05, wrote CPD fellow Adam Rorris in his opinion piece Boost Public School Funding for The Canberra Times.
- The Australian also reported on Adam Rorris's analysis of the vicious cycle of public school underinvestment in their article Public school funding short by $8.4bn.
- CPD fellow Kate Crawford went on an adventure in democracy on Q & A on Thursday, June 12 2008.
- James Arvanitakis was dismayed at the lack of political courage and vision in recent debates about Bill Henson and petrol prices in his opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald. Read his orginal article for CPD or the revised version Leaders Stuck in Porn and Petrol Quagmire.
- CPD fellow Ian McAuley gave a new perspective to the ongoing petrol prices controversy in Fuel Price Debate Ignores Real Issue for Melbourne's The Age.
- Health crisis or hype? Centre for Policy Development fellow Jennifer Doggett unpacked the Rudd Government's changes to the Australian health system in Why the Private Health Insurance Changes Won't Break the System for Crikey.com.au
- Tony Moore sunk his teeth into the education debate on ABC Unleashed in A Real Education Revolution.
- Ian McAuley debated the future place of private health cover with Australia Talks host Paul Barclay and other guests on ABC Radio National. Listen to the full segment, Private Health Insurance.
- Eva Cox cast a critical eye over changes to Family Tax Benefit B and the Baby Bonus in the 2008 Federal Budget for Crikey.com.au. Read How the Budget Demonises Women (Crikey subscription required).
- Ian McAuley speculated about the Federal Government decision to lift the private health income threshold in 600,000 May Quit Health Insurance for The Age newspaper.
- CPD Director Miriam Lyons answered some tricky questions during the pilot of the ABC's new political television program, Q&A.
- Steve Keen spoke about subprime lending on 60 Minutes on Sunday, 11th May. Watch Steve in the House of Cards.
- CPD fellow David McKnight's discussion of post-2020 politics Climate Change at the Helm of Labor's Next Big Idea was featured in NSW broadsheet the Sydney Morning Herald.
- CPD fellow, Ian McAuley examined the impact of rising health costs on the national economy in his Crikey article: Treasurer Should Target Health Sector to Combat Inflation (Crikey subscription required).
- CPD Director Miriam Lyons and fellow John Quiggin attended the 2020 Ideas Summit. Read John's take on the Summit here and Miriam's response in Crikey here (subscription required).
- CPD fellow Tony Moore revised his article from last edition of InSight for the Sydney Morning Herald: Your ABC board should be sacked, not stacked.
- Jennifer Doggett spoke to 2SER's Razor's Edge following her article for Crikey about the regulation of alcohol advertising.
- Ian McAuley wrote about The private health insurance mess and A matter of choice for ABC Unleashed.
- CPD fellow Denise Bradley has just been appointed to chair a major review of Higher Education.
- Meredith Edwards' piece on Participatory Governance and the Indigenous Agenda was published in the Public Sector Informant supplement to the Canberra Times.
- Writing for Crikey as 'A health fund manager', Jennifer Doggett begged Minister Roxon to understand why continued premium increases are essential to the survival of private health insurance...What do you think we're running here? Medicare?
- John Menadue's speech to the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators was covered by the Canberra Times.
- Jennifer Doggett wrote that Australia's stonewalling on hospital scorecards gets a D- for ABC Online.
- Mark Bahnisch questioned the fable of the cultural elite in The Australian.
- Lindy Edwards explored the Apology and the Battle over Australian Identity in the Canberra Times.
- John Menadue's interview on YouTube discusses the challenges facing Health policy reform in Australia ahead of his chairing of the AFR Health Congress on February 27.
- Mark Bahnisch spoke to 4ZZZ about funding issues in tertiary education.
- Mark also wrote about how The Bulletin had lost touch in the age of online news for ABC Online.
- John Quiggin's CPD Occasional Paper The Risk Society was paid the compliment of a full length reply in Quadrant by Henry Ergas. You can read the Quadrant piece here and John's response here.
- Jennifer Doggett discussed performance pay for doctors on ABC Radio National's Life Matters
- John Menadue in Crikey on Why COAG must commit to health redesign – not just handing over more money
- Ian McAuley asked whether we're expecting too much from our hospitals on Australia Talks Back, Radio National
- Miriam Lyons talked about Resetting Australia's cultural thermostat in Crikey
- Mark Bahnisch talked about A change of climate on ABC Unleashed.
- CPD Director Miriam Lyons was quoted in the Sunday Times on how Lazarus lost his touch with voters
- Steve Keen said it was A lose-lose election for homebuyers in The Age, and converted swinging voters on SBS Insight
- Mark Bahnisch and Ben Eltham blogged the election at New Matilda's Polliegraph
- Fred Argy sparked discussion of 'Australia's fiscal straightjacket' in The Age, Radio National's PM, and the Canberra Times, and asked if low unemployment has to come with a high price in Online Opinion
- Also in Online Opinion, Miriam Lyons asked if a Labor government could escape the Liberals' legacy, and Ben Eltham wrote on Rethinking Australian foreign policy in a post-Bush world
- Tony Moore wrote that Howard is bad for business in ABC Unleashed
- John Menadue commented on the ALP's proposal for reducing waiting lists in The Australian
- Steve Keen's paper 'Deeper in Debt: Australia's addiction to borrowed money' received a great deal of coverage. Click here for a small selection.
- Steve also appeared on ABC's Lateline Business arguing that an interest rate rise may not be in the interests of our economy, on the 7:30 Report analysing the impact of the rise, and on Channel 10's meet the press on November 11.
- CPD Chair John Menadue in the Australian on the dangerous short-termism of Howard's takeover of the Mersey Hospital (article titled State grab: now Bishop eyes schools)
- CPD Director Miriam Lyons in the SMH on the secrets of Rudd's success
- CPD fellow John Quiggin's paper 'The Risk Society' was featured as a series in Crikey and was the subject of an article by Kenneth Davidson in The Age
- CPD Chair John Menadue was interviewed by the Australian on the threat that private health insurance subsidies pose to Medicare and on how to improve safety in hospitals
- Steve Keen's paper 'Deeper in Debt: Australia's addiction to borrowed money' received a great deal of coverage. The Age's Nassim Khadem reported that our Fondness for debt paves the way for a major recession and The Australian ran with Mortgage debt 'will reach crisis'. Channel 7, Channel 10, and the ABC's 'World Today' program also covered the story, and Eureka St ran an editorial on the more personal side of how our Addiction to borrowed money will hurt us. Extracts from the paper were published in a special liftout on housing affordability in the Sydney Morning Herald on September 22.
- CPD fellow Eva Cox was a guest on the ABC's 'Difference of Opinion', debating the question 'What should the Australian government do with its massive government surplus?', 9:25pm Thursday 20 September.
- CPD fellow Emma Dawson on 'Culture Test', a special broadcast of Insight on SBS TV, Tuesday 18 September.
- CPD fellow Mark Bahnisch speaking to Geraldine Doogue about blogging on Radio National's Saturday Extra
- CPD Chair John Menadue in the Australian on the dangerous short-termism of Howard's takeover of the Mersey Hospital (article titled State grab: now Bishop eyes schools)
- CPD Director Miriam Lyons in the SMH on the secrets of Rudd's success
- Jennifer Doggett in Crikey on why the Commonwealth's $1 billion health debt to the states should be invested in primary care (Crikey subscribers only). Doggett's paper, 'A New Approach to Primary Care' is also quoted in the ALP's new Preventative Health Policy
- Miriam Lyons and CPD fellow Steve Keen in the Age on Australia's record household debt levels
- CPD fellow Emma Dawson went head to head with Andrew McIntyre from the Institute for Public Affairs on ABC radio Melbourne 774 on June 29
- CPD fellow Ben Eltham in the Courier Mail and on Radio National on music licensing fees
- CPD fellow John Quiggin's paper 'The Risk Society' was featured as a series in Crikey and was the subject of an article by Kenneth Davidson in The Age
- CPD Chair John Menadue was interviewed by the Australian on the threat that private health insurance subsidies pose to Medicare
- The Australian wrote about our launch: 'Menzies would shun Howard - top lawyer'
- The Daily Telegraph/AAP also covered CPD's launch: 'Howard's Libs 'too far right''
- CPD fellow Mark Bahnisch wrote for the Australian: 'Intellectual poverty or bust'
- CPD fellow Ben Eltham appeared in the Courier Mail on how the 'Arts sector gets boost'
- CPD fellow Mark Bahnisch in New Matilda
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