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New Matilda | 18 September 2013

Are We Going To Keep Pushing Our Luck?
Edited extract from Miriam Lyons’s introduction to Pushing our luck.

Our public debate is not a civilised contest over policy options but a bare-knuckle boxing match between populist politicians, and the political tide seems to be turning against attempts to put long-term social goals ahead of short-term individual ones. 

In this excerpt from her introduction to CPD’s new book, Pushing our luck: ideas for Australian progress, Miriam considers the historical, social and practical constraints on making serious policy change in this country. She finds that the book’s contributors have found good grounds for hoping against hope, and even asserting that “we have not yet reached the peak of Australian progress”. 

Pushing our luck is about finding practical ways of ensuring that Australia’s current prosperity will last longer, and is shared more fairly.

Read the excerpt on New Matilda

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Ross Gittins: Sydney Morning Herald | 25 September 2013

Ross Gittins: ‘Is reversing Labor all we need for our future?’

Ross Gittins looks for insight to CPD fellow Ian McAuley in new book Pushing our luck.

I’m starting to think we didn’t get much of a deal when we decided to change the federal government. We got rid of a bunch racked by infighting and bad at executing policy, but substituted a bunch with a very limited idea of what needed to be changed to get us back on the right path…

… McAuley argues that, after another round of good luck with the resources boom, we need to secure our long-term prosperity by building a more resilient economy.

Article & video at SMH.com.au

Article on RossGittins.com

612 ABC Brisbane | 17 September 2013

The ten big issues that are shaping our country.

Executive director Miriam Lyons discussed Pushing our luck on Mornings with Steve Austin and the need for Australians to keep up public debate after the election. Without looking far enough into the future Australian strategies will not hold up over time, Miriam addresses the need for long term strategy, a key concept of Pushing our luck that aims to focus on what really matters for Australia’s future.

“We can choose to have balanced budgets and low taxes and low services or we can have low taxes and budgets deficits and high services, ultimately if we actually want decent public services we’re going to have to pay higher taxes if we want balanced budgets…”

http://cpd.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/612-ABC-Mim-on-Pol-2.mp3

 

Miriam Lyons on Mornings with Steve Austin 612 ABC Brisbane

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The Canberra Times | 14 September 2013

Political disaffection
Single-issue party success stems from electoral processes AND voters’ opinions

In an article from The Canberra Times Crispin Hull discusses research by Ian McAuley that found a correlation between low education and a higher vote for the minor parties. It is not just the preferences and a change to the senate voting system needed, the major parties need to win back favour with people who are expressing political disaffection. Ian McAuley, CPD fellow, discovered the trend using census data for those with year 12 or higher educational achievement.

“…lower education also correlates with a lot of other things: lower incomes; poorer health; social exclusion; geographic isolation. These things are also associated with political disaffection. Without compulsory voting, perhaps these people would not have voted at all. But dragged to the ballot box this time, they rebelled against the traditional institutional framework of the major parties in greater numbers than ever.”

 

Read the article at The Canberra Times

Reposted on Crispin Hull’s website

Get a copy of new CPD book Pushing our luck!

Pushing our luck: ideas for Australian progress
Get your hands on the hard stuff – hard copy books now available online & in person!

 

For those attending the special Sydney Ideas launch on Thursday 26 September, copies will be available from the desk and you will also be able to order postcard sets and really cool limited edition t-shirts. Please bring a record of your purchase if you ordered the book already, so you can take it home with you and save yourself from waiting anxiously for the post!

 

To order a copy now, please visit our ‘support CPD’ section here.

 

** Kindle and ePub electronic book versions will be available from this page in the coming days. 

** CPD will also be continuing our campaign to get copies of this important book into the hands of new parliamentarians and press gallery members – WATCH THIS SPACE!

 

Radio National Life Matters | 23 September 2013

Is the federal election the only time to question policy?
Pushing our luck: ideas for Australian progress
 

Questions such as ‘what sort of government do we want?’ and ‘what sorts of policy do we want implemented?’ arise with federal elections, but is that the only time we should consider them? CPD’s new book Pushing our luck looks well beyond the 2013 campaigns, at policies which focus on long-term goals for a better future. As Miriam put it in this interview, the book is about how to make Australia’s prosperity last, and how to share it fairly.

Covering an ailing health system, education reforms and taxation a range of expert authors have contributed to come up with 10 key ideas for the future. CPD executive director and Pushing our luck editor Miriam Lyons, with leading academic and former WA premier Geoff Gallop, joined Natasha Mitchell on Radio National’s Life Matters.

Listen to the episode: https://cpd.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Miriam_Lyons_QA-306x190.jpg

“Progressives in Australia are still licking their wounds after the staggering defeat of Labor in the election a few weeks back, but a new book is calling for the left to seriously engage in some new possibilities for Australia’s future.”

Life Matters on the Radio National website

 

Short-term thinking cannot address Australia’s long-term dilemmas – Help us look further ahead!

 

 

Pushing our luck launch: Sydney Ideas | 26 September

Pushing our luck: ideas for Australian progress FREE launch event

Sydney Ideas forum

What are the ten big issues that will shape this country for the next ten years? From school education to cultural integration, climate responsibility to economic strategy and social welfare to fairer taxation, Pushing our luck, puts policy into perspective. Dust off those weary post-election brains and join us for a conversation that just might revive your zest for political debate in this country!

CPD executive director and Pushing our luck editor, Miriam Lyons, joins Rebecca Huntley and contributing authors Geoff Gallop, Roy Green, Ian McAuley and Jane Caro for a vibrant discussion and debate.

WHERE

Law School Foyer, Eastern Avenue, The University of Sydney

WHEN

Thursday 26 September, 2013. 6:30pm to 8:00pm

CONTACT

Sydney Ideas

T| 9351 2943

E| sydney.ideas@sydney.edu.au

ADMISSION

FREE but please register now!  |  J oin the Facebook event!

 

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Open Forum | 16 September 2013

Agricultural productivity depends on food sustainability.
Can Australia grasp the big opportunity presented by rising food demand?

In response to the global food boom Australia needs to focus on practices improving productivity, it is not enough to specialise in products or simply increase intensity of production. CPD’s research director Laura Eadie discusses the future of Australia in the high demand world market and what problems are faced. Laura explains how important food sustainability is in agricultural productivity.

“Previous innovations have significantly improved land management practices and agricultural productivity. No-till cropping, developed to reduce soil erosion, has been widely adopted. Precision agriculture techniques are increasingly used to improve the efficiency of use of fertilisers and pesticides.

Rapidly identifying and scaling up the next generation of sustainable farming systems and agricultural practices could see Australia both increase the value of agricultural exports AND benefit from sharing that technology with the rest of the world.”

Read Laura’s blog on Open Forum

Change can happen faster than you think – help us seize the moment and point to the alternatives. Add your voice to ours!

 

Politics in the pub | 20 September, Sydney

O’Farrell’s unprecedented cuts to the public sector – jobs & services under threat

 

- Anne Gardner, Public Service Association NSW

- Christopher Stone research director, public service program, Centre for Policy Development

 

WHERE

The Gaelic Club

64 Devonshire Street, Sydney, Australia 2010

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WHEN

6PM 20 September