Event

Moving Forward In Indigenous Affairs (06 Sep 10)
Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, addressed the Chifley Research Centre and outlined the priorities in Indigenous affairs for a second term Labor government.

Celebrating A Century Of Progress (16 Jun 10)
The Chifley Research Centre hosted a celebration for the centenary of the election of the Fisher Labor government at Old Parliament House in Canberra.

Progressive Alternatives For State Government (30 Nov 09)
A forum at the NSW ALP Conference discussed new areas that for policy reform under progressive State governments

Symposium On Gender, Politics And Biography (02 Nov 09)
Join some of Australia's most eminent political commentators, activists and biographers to discuss gender and representation in the political environment.

Responding To The Global Recession (21 Oct 09)
A successful and progressive response to the global recession

Winning with Obama (21 Oct 09)
Catalyst hosted Jeff Blodgett, State Director for Obama's Campaign for Change in Minnesota and director of Wellstone Action! at the Chifley Ideas Space

Young People Imagining a New Democracy (21 Oct 09)
A Whitlam Institute report presented at the 2009 Chifley Ideas Space

Creating The Green Jobs and Industries Of The Future (08 Oct 09)
Panel discussion on the impacts that Climate Change will have on industry and job creation in the future.

Chifley Ideas Space (29 Jun 09)
Register now for Chifley's Fringe program

Climate Change @ Work : Creating the Sustainable Workplace (18 Dec 08)
Occurring in April 2009, this conference explores how more sustainable approaches to energy and resource efficiency are changing jobs, human resource management, workplace relations and skill formation.

Progressive Round Table (24 Nov 08)
Chifley recently hosted a round table of Australia's eminent progressive think tanks

Sharyn Lymer: Population ageing, health status and health outlays (24 Nov 08)
Population ageing, health status and health outlays: Assessing impacts and policy options during the next 40 years.

Getting into Gear for the Next 60 years (24 Nov 08)
Attorney General Robert McClelland recently gave the Annual Evatt Lecture which celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Opinion

Making Cities Work (24 Sep 09)
Jason Clare the Parliamentary Secretary for Employment and Member for Blaxland writes about the benefits of good urban planning.

Future Challenges: The Cost of Democracy (11 Dec 08)
International expert on electoral law reform, Professor Keith Ewing delivered a Chifley Address at the ANU on his recent visit to Australia.

Values, Research And Industrial Relations Policy (10 Dec 08)
John Buchanan in Dialogue discusses how the former Howard government hid from scrutiny of their controversial IR reforms.

Hard Labour: Jobs, Unemployment and the Global Recession (03 Dec 08)
David Coats on the Global Financial Crisis and the local and global responses

Publication

A Woman's Nation (22 Oct 09)
In the US women are now half of all workers and mothers are the primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in nearly two-thirds of American families. This American Progress report looks at the ramifications of this new dynamic.

Strategies for Low Carbon Jobs (21 Oct 09)
An IPPR report into the job creating benefits of creating markets for low carbon technologies

The Social Impact Of Corporate Community Involvement Programs (21 Oct 09)
A Centre for Social Impact study asks: Why do companies ignore measuring the social impact of their Corporate Community Involvement programs?

Report Into Sustainable Living (29 Jun 09)
The CRC releases a CSIRO report into Sustainable Living

A People First Strategy (01 Apr 09)
James K. Galbraith's contribution to the Progressive Governance Conference's handbook.

Creating Capabilities For Development (01 Apr 09)
Martha Nussbaum's contribution to the Progressive Governance Conference's handbook.

The Green Opportunity (01 Apr 09)
John Podesta's contribution to the Progressive Governance Conference's handbook.

Progressive Politics After The Financial Crisis (31 Mar 09)
A handbook of policy ideas for the 2009 Progressive Governance conference in Chile

Getting The Balance Right For Families (05 Feb 09)
Mark Butler MP on the Rudd Government's agenda for work and family

Achieving A Sustainable Solution To Low Pay And In-Work Poverty (15 Jan 09)
An IPPR report into achieving a sustainable solution to low pay and in-work poverty

New Innovation Strategy (11 Dec 08)
The Finnish Government has recently released a comprehensive National Innovation Strategy aimed at improving Finland's economic role in the European Union