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6 December 2023
A child protection system preoccupied with risk aversion is impeding the emotional growth of children. We need a new model based on relational care and reciprocity to break the cycle.
Jarrod Wheatley
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29 November 2023
How can the law and policy governing disaster responses better facilitate shared decision-making between communities and government?
Pam Joseph, Cate Massola, Margot Rawsthorne & Amanda Howard
8 November 2023
What are the challenges to academic influence in public policy? And what practical steps are available to bridge the gap between researchers and policymakers?
Susan Harris Rimmer, Ed Morgan and Sofija Tanveska
31 October 2023
While governments often prioritise rebuilding roads and other physical infrastructure post-disaster, just as great a focus is needed on supporting communities to build resilient social infrastructure.
Timothy Heffernan
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31 October 2023
While governments often prioritise rebuilding roads and other physical infrastructure post-disaster, just as great a focus is needed on supporting communities to build resilient social infrastructure.
Timothy Heffernan
24 October 2023
What is the potential for AI to automate repetitive, low complexity tasks in knowledge sectors? And what can government do to manage this transition?
Ian Opperman (with ChatGPT)
18 October 2023
Grasping the opportunities and managing the risks of generative AI is a generational challenge. The eSafety Commissioner explains how Australia is starting to tackle this issue.
Julie Inman Grant
10 October 2023
Skills mismatches will grow due to climate change and its economic fallout. Microcredentials can enable rapid and inclusive re-skilling while offering universities an opportunity to re-invent their mission in a “climate changed” world.
Jack Isherwood
28 September 2023
Australia’s referendum on the Voice has highlighted the need for better regulation of social media platforms to prevent falsehoods corroding our democratic discourse.
Alice Dawkins & Rys Farthing
25 September 2023
Revenue-contingent loans for research-based start-ups could provide a sustainable model for boosting Australia’s R&D output.
Ken Baldwin, Bruce Chapman & Glenn Withers
Microcredentials: Small steppingstones towards a more inclusive future?
Skills mismatches will grow due to climate change and its economic fallout. Microcredentials can enable rapid and inclusive re-skilling while offering universities an opportunity to re-invent their mission in a “climate changed” world.
Combatting misinformation and disinformation through more effective regulation
Australia’s referendum on the Voice has highlighted the need for better regulation of social media platforms to prevent falsehoods corroding our democratic discourse.
Thinking differently about university-business research partnerships: the potential of revenue-contingent loans
Revenue-contingent loans for research-based start-ups could provide a sustainable model for boosting Australia’s R&D output.
Legalising drugs? Improving the quality of the debate
A well-informed policy debate around legalisation should consider evidence from around the world on regulatory options for the supply, retail and consumption of currently illicit drugs.
No longer lost in translation
The path to optimal collaboration between policymakers and researchers is long and winding – but innovative new institutions are helping accelerate the journey.
Regulating artificial intelligence against gender bias: can Australia emerge as a world leader?
Australia has joined the race to regulate AI – but we aren’t paying enough attention to the gender-related challenges generated by these systems. Here’s how we can start to fix that.
How research can enhance policymaking: improving the interface between academia and government
Breaking down the barriers to collaboration between researchers and policy practitioners takes relationships of trust, innovative knowledge-brokering institutions and better mutual understanding.
The AI genie is out of the bottle – here’s how to regulate it
Generative AI is here to stay. But with a nuanced understanding of the technology, sophisticated regulation and a long-term view, we can minimise its harms and capitalise on its transformative potential.
Measuring what matters: embracing Mental Wealth as an overarching indicator of national prosperity
As Australia embraces a broader definition of national progress, we should use metrics that prioritise the wellbeing of the economy and society together.
The wellbeing economy: our opportunity to redesign a more humane economy
Australia and the world need a new economic and social paradigm that prioritises people and the planet.
