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Protecting the Future – Federal Leadership for Australia’s Environment By Brett Gale
This CRC policy paper highlights the shortcomings of Australia’s current Environmental Laws. It offers a way forward for a new structural framework for protecting our environment. With threats to the environment Read More
23 Jan 2019 in New Progressive Thinking
What’s the Matter with America? Nothing that Can’t be Fixed by Australia By Brett Gale
When the Chifley Research Centre sponsored American author Thomas Frank’s visit to Australia earlier this year we subtitled his visit “Lessons for Australia from Trump’s America. As it turns out Read More
14 Dec 2018 in New Progressive Thinking
Give Australia’s Environment the Protection It Deserves By Brett Gale
It’s an odd paradox of Australian life that while we love to boast globally about our natural environment we don’t really have the structures in place to adequately protect it. The Read More
20 Nov 2018 in New Progressive Thinking
Protecting the Future: Federal Leadership for Australia’s Environment By Brett Gale
Australians are immensely proud of our natural environment. From our golden beaches to our verdant rainforests, Australia seems to be a nation blessed with an abundance of nature’s riches. Our Read More
16 Nov 2018 in New Progressive Thinking
Will India ever Align with the West? By Kadira Pethiyagoda
When Indian and American Foreign and Defence Ministers/Secretaries met this week, they signed an agreement which would further strengthen security ties and the broader strategic partnership between the two countries. Read More
24 Oct 2018 in New Progressive Thinking
Loneliness: Our Public Health Problem By Andrew Giles
Australians aren’t known for talking about their problems, or for reaching out to others. This needs to change, because social isolation is on the rise and its effects are alarming. A Read More
03 Sep 2018 in New Progressive Thinking
What the BCA should be doing but isn’t By Brett Gale
For most Australians the ability of Australia’s business lobby to continually offer a “tin ear” to the views of average Australians is flabbergasting. The latest example is the proposal by Read More
04 May 2018 in New Progressive Thinking
Book Review: “The Rise of the Outsiders: How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way” By Brett Gale
A spectre is haunting Europe. So began the opening words of one of the most famous political treatises of all time. But it’s not Karl Marx’s spectre of communism that Read More
30 Apr 2018 in New Progressive Thinking
Like whisky, too much inequality is a bad thing By Terri Butler
Inequality, like whisky, is better taken in moderation. Margaret Thatcher reportedly liked the latter and didn’t much care about the former. There are those who say, as she did, that Read More
11 Apr 2018 in New Progressive Thinking
Facebook isn’t the only one in trouble By Ed Husic
The CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg made his new year’s resolution pretty public. In January, he told the world his personal priority was: fixing Facebook. In March, as outrage about Facebook’s failure Read More
27 Mar 2018 in New Progressive Thinking
Cameron Clyne
Cameron Clyne is the former CEO of National Australia Bank and now chairman of advisory firm Camel Partners and a
Catherine King
Catherine King is the Shadow Minister for Health and Member for Ballarat.
Cilla DeLacy
Cilla has 20 years’ experience in public policy and corporate strategy across the water, land use planning and environmental management
David Coats
David Coats is in Australia as a Visitor at the Chifley Research Centre. He is a research fellow at the
Gabrielle Kuiper
Dr Gabrielle Kuiper has a background in science, sustainability and urban planning. She was previously Senior Adviser, Climate Change, Energy
Jim Chalmers
Jim Chalmers MP is Shadow Minister for Finance, and the federal Labor Member for Rankin. Prior to his election
Linda Tirado
Linda Tirado is a completely average American. She also has good rants about how much it sucks to be poor
Terri Butler
Terri Butler is the federal Labor Member for Griffith, Queensland.
Tim Kennedy
Tim Kennedy is national secretary of the National Union of Workers, organising for secure jobs and a fair Australia.
