Project Description

Return to challenges

Wellbeing

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

    Reproductive health leave should be an entitlement for all workers

    5 February 2025

    Supporting Australians’ reproductive needs and choices isn’t just good for individual health – it’s also a productivity imperative. Here’s how we can build a legal framework for universal reproductive health leave.

    Michelle O'shea

    Nicola Street

    Dani Howe

  • Key objectives for drug policy reform following the NSW Drug Summit

    Jack Wilson, Kate Ross and Steph Kershaw

  • The Policymaker in 2024: our most-read articles

    Hugh Piper

  • Driving electric vehicle uptake by supporting charging in apartment buildings

    Tom Longden and Gina Gatarin

More articles

  • 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.

    Jessica Cocks, Rob Ryan and Ben Spence

  • 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.

    Maxwell Yong

  • 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?

    Maxwell Yong