Miriam Lyons

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Miriam Lyons
Born
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater University of New South Wales
Known forPublic speaking on Australian politics

Miriam Lyons is an Australian policy analyst, writer and commentator.

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Career

Miriam Lyons was co-founder, with John Menadue, the founding executive director of the Centre for Policy Development, a public policy think tank set up in 2007. [1]

She has been profiled in The Australian Financial Review's Boss Magazine, [2] and The Australian. [3]

Lyons left her role as executive director of the CPD in January 2014, [4] and is a fellow of the organisation. [1]

She co-authored, with Ian McAuley, Governomics, published by Melbourne University Press in May 2015. [1] It was reviewed in The Mandarin. [5]

Lyons is a climate campaigner with the activist organisation GetUp!. [1]

Recognition

Lyons was named as one of Time Out Sydney's "Forty Under 40" in 2016. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Miriam Lyons". The Wheeler Centre . 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. "Archive of Boss Magazine 'Change Makers' feature, 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  3. Emerging Leaders feature, The Australian 2009
  4. "So long, and thanks for all the great ideas!". CPD. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  5. Donaldson, David (12 May 2015). "Small government obsession leads to 'false economies': Miriam Lyons". The Mandarin. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  6. "Miriam Lyons". Time Out Sydney. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2024.