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25 July 2024
Industry policy is experiencing a renaissance as governments address compounding economic, social, environmental and strategic challenges. What can we learn from policymakers and researchers working on these grand challenges?
Simon Rowell
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26 July 2024
While the environmental and energy impetus for residential battery storage is well established, adopting a “mission” approach could help governments deliver on broader social, economic and sustainability objectives.
Jack Isherwood
24 July 2024
Some governments are starting to develop better frameworks to understand the benefits of investing in long-term wellbeing and prevention. Here’s where to start.
Hannah Lobb
17 July 2024
A childcare system that responds to the actual needs of families and local communities will improve equity and increase productivity. Here’s what a flexible, place-based approach might look like.
Teddy Nagaddya, Jenna Condie, Sharlotte Tusasiirwe & Kate Huppatz
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17 July 2024
A childcare system that responds to the actual needs of families and local communities will improve equity and increase productivity. Here’s what a flexible, place-based approach might look like.
Teddy Nagaddya, Jenna Condie, Sharlotte Tusasiirwe & Kate Huppatz
3 July 2024
“Housing affordability” and “affordable housing” are distinct but related policy objectives. Australia needs an integrated strategy that protects vulnerable groups while fostering an economy that supports quality, reasonably priced housing for all.
Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi & Hassan Gholipour Fereidouni
26 June 2024
Government has emerged as a decisive strategic investor in Australia, helping shape markets to address complex policy challenges. How did it get here and what can it do next?
Simon Rowell
31 May 2024
Harnessing the skills and insight of people with experience in the system is the key to sustainable and transformative reform of our child protection systems.
Jessica Cocks, Rob Ryan and Ben Spence
21 May 2024
Appointing some ministers from outside parliament could help boost representation and improve policymaking.
Osmond Chiu
8 May 2024
What does successful knowledge brokering between climate scientists and government look like?
Angela Kaplish
Families and communities hold the solutions in child protection – we just need to use them
Harnessing the skills and insight of people with experience in the system is the key to sustainable and transformative reform of our child protection systems.
NSW could be a laboratory of democracy on diverse representation
Appointing some ministers from outside parliament could help boost representation and improve policymaking.
Building bridges between climate scientists and policymakers
What does successful knowledge brokering between climate scientists and government look like?
Eight industrial policy hacks: bolstering domestic capability under constrained fiscal conditions
Australia needs a more deliberate approach to industrial policy to achieve a productivity dividend within tight budget constraints – here’s how.
How high schools can best prepare students for the real world
Financial literacy, workplace skills, health consciousness and independent living should all be core lessons for Australian high schoolers.
The dangers of pluralisation: A singular duty of care in the Online Safety Act
With Australia’s Online Safety Act under review, regulators should take heed of the UK’s experience in imposing duties of care on digital platforms.
Getting the tertiary transition right: six things high schools can do to set students up for success at university
The transition from school to university is a pivotal moment in the lives of young people – how can we better support their choices for improved individual and social outcomes?
Australia’s housing crisis: bolstering community and individual resilience with meaningful structural reform
Australians have proven themselves resilient in the face of housing pressures – but structural reform to boost supply and dampen rising costs is desperately needed.
Once upon a bureaucrat: exploring the role of stories in government
What role can stories play in supporting people-centred policymaking and place-based reform?
Digital (t)winning: the potential for AI as a public policy design tool
While the political and policy focus has rightly been on regulating artificial intelligence, we also need to plan now to harness AI’s power as a policymaking tool – especially, its capacity to model outcomes in complex systems.
