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How Australia can catch up on clean energy transition
24 May 2023
In the face of global warming and the limited capacity of renewables, Australia squandered its hydrogen opportunity. What can we do to catch up on the clean energy transition?
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The five building blocks that nurtured Sharee’s Strong Spirit
28 April 2023
Putting First Nations people in the driver’s seat of community development isn’t just the right thing to do – it delivers better outcomes too.
Jasmine Miller
Mixed messages: policy considerations for the growing use of illicit substances as therapeutic agents in Australia
26 April 2023
Policymakers should draw on Australian and international lessons from prescribing cannabis to implement effective regulation for the medicinal use of MDMA and psilocybin.
Jack Wilson
Place-based approaches can help industrial regions decarbonise quicker – here’s how
17 April 2023
Decarbonising Australia’s industrial sector will be essential for Australia to reach net zero. The Australian Government can set the right policy signals with ambitious long-term goals to diversify economically in new clean industries and coordinate investment in specific locations.
Anna Skarbek
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26 April 2023
Policymakers should draw on Australian and international lessons from prescribing cannabis to implement effective regulation for the medicinal use of MDMA and psilocybin.
Jack Wilson, Emily Stockings, and Maree Teesson
17 April 2023
Decarbonising Australia’s industrial sector will be essential for Australia to reach net zero. The Australian Government can set the right policy signals with ambitious long-term goals to diversify economically in new clean industries and coordinate investment in specific locations.
Anna Skarbek and Joshua Danahay
11 April 2023
Better coordination across all three levels of government and strategic investments in migrant services can boost migrant settlement in regional areas – helping Australians new and old.
Melissa Phillips
23 March 2023
Queensland’s new bail laws will infringe on the human rights of children. A better approach that understands the needs of vulnerable children is needed.
Hannah Gandy
16 March 2023
Closing – and exceeding – the gap on Indigenous employment outcomes means addressing discrimination and breaking down barriers to achievement.
Nareen Young and Joshua Gilbert
16 March 2023
It’s 32 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. While progress has been slow – and in some cases retrograde – there is a path to better outcomes for Indigenous people if they are empowered to lead policy responses.
Krystal Lockwood and Heron Loban
Prioritising the rights and best interests of children in law reform
Queensland’s new bail laws will infringe on the human rights of children. A better approach that understands the needs of vulnerable children is needed.
Self-determining “Indigenous employment”
Closing – and exceeding – the gap on Indigenous employment outcomes means addressing discrimination and breaking down barriers to achievement.
Upstream and downstream strategies to close the gap in criminal justice
It’s 32 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. While progress has been slow – and in some cases retrograde – there is a path to better outcomes for Indigenous people if they are empowered to lead policy responses.
Five research and policy questions to improve societal health and break cycles of disadvantage
How to disrupt policy and enable collective intelligence – for people and place – by asking the questions that matter most.
Collective voices and coordinated action: how multi-agency collaborations can help tackle modern slavery
Modern slavery is a wicked problem for Australia—but effective coordination of the actors involved in prevention, law enforcement and victim protection can enable a more effective response.
Tobacco, gambling, now alcohol: why Australia needs mandated alcohol warnings
The harms and costs of alcohol to Australia are clear. Government needs to mandate effective messaging around alcohol consumption.
The Policymaker in 2022: our most-read articles
It’s been a big first year for The Policymaker—here are our top five most-read articles for 2022.
A different story: anti-slavery as smart public policy
The NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner explains why it’s in everyone’s interests to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking as a system-level challenge.
Thinking beyond self-regulation for tech companies for children’s online safety
New draft codes from tech companies could pose risks to Australian children. A better approach—led by government—is needed instead.
We need to engage with men and boys to end violence
What is required to translate recent policy progress into practice when it comes to engaging men and boys to prevent violence in our society? Changing the way men relate to themselves, to people in their lives and to deeply embedded norms that put pressure on men to be a certain way are key parts of the solution.
