(04/08/2021- Excerpt from Institution Website) 

CPD was established in 2007 as an institute for long-term policy development, in an effort to counteract the focus on short-term fixes and political gains in Australian policy making. 

"CPD is one of Australia’s leading independent policy institutes. Our core model is threefold: to create, connect, and convince. We create ideas from rigorous, evidence-based, cross-disciplinary research at home and abroad.We connect experts and stakeholders to develop these ideas into practical policy proposals.We then work to convince governments, businesses and communities to implement these proposals. In an often fractious political and policy environment, CPD has built a team and the credibility to cut through and get stuff done. Our recommendations have been adopted by governments in the region and in Australia. We publish research papers and proposals on issues falling within this mix. Our team tests and promotes this research by presenting at conferences, holding events and roundtables, providing briefings and interviews, and writing for specialist and mainstream media."