Centre for Policy Development's Blog, page 131

Policy Resolutions 2011: My School 2.0 might actually tell us something useful

Now that the kinks are being fixed, what will version 2.0 of the controversial My Schools website actually tell us about our education system, asks Chris Bonnor.

See what Chris has to say in The Punch.

Policy Resolutions 2011: A sensible solution on asylum seekers

In the third instalment of Policy Resolutions 2011 series on The Punch, Kate Gauthier argues that the vilification of asylum seekers makes them an easy target for unscrupulous politics.

Read the full article here.

Policy Resolutions 2011: A Medicare credit card could solve our healthcare headache

Policy Resolutions 2011 is a week-long ideas series running on The Punch.  In the second instalment, CPD thinker, fellow and author Jennifer Doggett argues that a Medicare credit card could help solve Australia's healthcare headache.

You can read the full piece here.

Policy Resolutions 2011: Big ideas for Australia's future

Mark Davis & Miriam Lyons kick off Policy Resolutions 2011 - a week-long ideas series in The Punch, designed for citizens who want to see real reforms that look beyond the next poll and the next election cycle.

It's a must-read for anyone who thinks we need to tackle the future before it tackles us. You can read the first instalment here.

Ben Eltham: Stop the fear, not the boats

Ben Eltham writes that the relentless campaign against seaborne asylum seekers makes a humane solution politically impossible. Instead, the issue, which represents only a small proportion of Australia's overall immigration intake, is poisoned by political expediency.

Read the full article on ABC online, here.

Ben Eltham: The cultural revolution was online in 2010

Ben Eltham writes that in 2010 the ability of online media to affect important issues in the social and political worlds matured, creating some of the biggest cultural milestones of year.

Read the full article in Crickey, here.

Miriam Lyons: Top 40 Business Tips #33: Avoid Short-term Thinking

In an interview on bnet, Miriam Lyons argues that short-term thinking in Government and business is driven by knee-jerk reactions to opinion polls, shortened feedback loops and is not helped by the rise of social media.

Listen to the full interview here.

Ben Eltham: Who's Afraid Of Wikileaks?

In his second of two articles about the impact of Wikileaks on the development of democracy, Ben Eltham suggests the emergence of a new type of social contract between citizen and the state, as new media trends and technology narrow the information gap between citizen and power elite, and provides the public with greater power scrutinizing mechanisms.

Read the full article for New Matilda here.

Fiona Armstrong: Adios Cancun, G'day Climate Action

Now that the climate party in Cancun is over, the Australian government needs to drop the small talk and get serious about climate policy, writes Fiona Armstrong.

Read what Fiona has to say about shifting the climate debates at home in her article in New Matilda here.

Jennifer Doggett: Answer to out-of-pocket medical bills

Jennifer Doggett, CPD's health policy expert writes in the Sydney Morning Herald today about some ideas to heal the hole in patients' pockets with the introduction of a health credit card. Read about this simple but much needed idea here.

Jennifer outlines the policy idea in her paper, Out of Pocket: Rethinking health co-payments.