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  • Using the past to inform sustainable policies for the future

    27 August 2024

    Innovative analysis of paleoclimate data from the last thousand years is informing better environmental management. What more can governments do to harness this valuable natural record to improve policymaking?

    Philippa Higgins, Chris Turney, Jonathan Palmer, Tristan Derham, Lucinda Duxbury and Matthew Fielding

  • A more equitable future for Australians, starting with families

    15 August 2024

    Recent changes to Australia’s Paid Parental Leave scheme are a positive development. However, government can do more to value care work as a social good, including by encouraging fathers to take paternity leave and integrating parental leave with childcare and education policies.

    Sarah Duffy & Emilee Gilbert

  • Bridging gaps: the role of academic policy engagement to overcome regional divides in the UK

    12 August 2024

    Regional inequality is driving an increased demand for greater engagement between researchers and policymakers in the UK. What lessons can Australia’s knowledge brokering community learn from its British counterpart?

    Liz Shutt

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