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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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    Policymakers should draw on Australian and international lessons from prescribing cannabis to implement effective regulation for the medicinal use of MDMA and psilocybin.

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  • 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.

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  • 16 March 2023

    Closing – and exceeding – the gap on Indigenous employment outcomes means addressing discrimination and breaking down barriers to achievement.

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  • 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.

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Upstream and downstream strategies to close the gap in criminal justice

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.

Five research and policy questions to improve societal health and break cycles of disadvantage

27 February 2023|

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

14 February 2023|

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.

We need to engage with men and boys to end violence

9 December 2022|

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.

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