Wellbeing

How can Australia prioritise wellbeing and early intervention – including in education and care – to address social and economic challenges?

Improving secondary education is not only the right thing to do – it is good for future productivity growth
The declining performance of Australia’s secondary schools is limiting productivity growth. An ambitious, inclusive plan for policy reform is needed to move things in a better direction.
Jenny Gordon
The policy dividend of integrated knowledge: perspectives from the COVID-19 experience
COVID-19 reminded us that insights from the lab and the social world must be considered in tandem to tackle some of our hardest public health challenges.
Peter Doherty
Finding a pathway to better mental health services in Australia
High-quality mental health care is possible. But it will demand structural reform, effective accountability, and the will to make it a reality.
Ian Hickie

‘Round and ‘round we go! Let’s get off the carousel and build a social services system that works for people