[citation needed] The expressed aim of CEDA is to "promote national economic development in a sustainable and socially balanced way".
Sydney Morning Herald economics editor Ross Gittins has described CEDA as seeking to "inform the public debate without lobbying".
[1] As of April 2024[update], Diane Smith-Gander AO is national president of CEDA, and Melinda Cilento is CEO.
He expanded CEDA's collaborative research with Australian universities on issues such as tax and industrial relations reform.
[1] In 2018 CEDA identified its policy stack: technology and data; workplace, workforce and collaboration; population; critical services and institutions.