Chatterton Institute

The Chatterton Institute for Policy Research & Development is an Australian not-for-profit thinktank established in 2008. The Institute was founded by trade unionist and part-time magician Ben Tarwin and animal rights activist and advertising magnate Matthew Black. The Chatterton Institute was formed largely in reaction to urban planning issues associated with the current New South Wales government.

The CIFPR&D is currently working on a white paper (tentatively titled 'Towards A Greater Understanding Of Liminal Transportation Modes: The Linear Business District') due for publication by Thornwell Press in early 2010. In it, co-authors Tarwin and Black develop Stanton and Le Roussier's Compound Theory of Urban Reposition, arguing for a re-imagining of urban fluidity, with particular reference to Sydney and its surrounding environs.

In the past, the Chatterton Institute has worked closely with such a wide array of community figures as environmentalist Ian Kiernen, broadcaster Steve Liebmann and ethnic comedian Nick Giannopoulos. Television personality Cameron Daddo resigned his consultancy position at the Institute after rumours of a torrid [...] affair. However,no such allegations have been proven.

References

Sydney Morning Herald - Plan for Sydney's future - October 12 2008

NSW Trade Unionists 1946-2006 - Leon Jago - Sydney University Press 2006

The Australian - Junk mail magnate tells Clover where to go - May 27 2007