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17 December 2024
Greater access to EV charging in densely populated areas can encourage sustainability. Here’s four expert recommendations to boost EV charging installation in apartment buildings.
Tom Longden and Gina Gatarin
3 December 2024
NSW has an abundance of public parks and natural beauty. Here’s how we can ensure more of these spaces are inclusive hubs for community cohesion and environmental resilience.
Parisa Ziaesaeidi
18 November 2024
Better coordinated approaches that prioritise preventative health could help stem diabetes prevalence in Australia.
Cristy Brooks and Freya MacMillan
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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
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
Australia needs a wellbeing economy, not just a wellbeing budget
The Albanese government’s October budget presents an opportunity to transform the purpose and principles of economic policy.
How could data help us combat racism?
Improved data management, monitoring and analysis could be critical to combatting racism – here’s a plan for how research and numbers can help us tackle one of Australia’s biggest social issues.
Aged care workforce shortages require action from the Jobs Summit & resourcing for high quality care
While reforms to improve the quality of aged care are welcome, the government must also consider how to resource providers to meet higher standards.
Young people must be at the centre of the government’s jobs and skills plan
The new Labor government has a historic opportunity to boost young people’s wellbeing as part of its economic agenda—here’s how.
“Freedom within a framework” – how Australia’s universities can make a full economic contribution
Is now the moment to (re)introduce an independent "buffer body" for the tertiary sector that will enable universities to respond to future jobs, skills and research needs?
Digital solutions to Australia’s youth mental health crisis
Digital technologies offer an opportunity to tackle Australia’s youth mental health crisis. But effective solutions will require us to think innovatively and listen to the voices of young people with first-hand experience.
Australia’s innovation future: an agenda to transform our economy
While fiscal stimulus applied during the COVID-19 crisis has boosted employment, the much bigger challenge remains productivity and wage stagnation. This will require an ambitious national reform agenda to transform Australian industry.
Is there a financial rationale for building trains locally?
New research shows that by taking into account the broader financial benefits of domestic manufacturing, building key transport infrastructure locally can be the fiscally smart decision.
Making capital inclusive for all women
We should reimagine how capital markets can better back women entrepreneurs, especially those at society’s margins, and boost women’s economic security more broadly. The design of a new venture capital fund announced by the NSW Government can demonstrate what’s possible.
Future-proofing the Australian economy
While Australia is doing well on full employment, it’s time to prepare for the next downturn by upgrading the economy’s recession-fighting toolkit.
