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How Australia can catch up on clean energy transition
24 May 2023
In the face of global warming and the limited capacity of renewables, Australia squandered its hydrogen opportunity. What can we do to catch up on the clean energy transition?
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The five building blocks that nurtured Sharee’s Strong Spirit
28 April 2023
Putting First Nations people in the driver’s seat of community development isn’t just the right thing to do – it delivers better outcomes too.
Jasmine Miller
Mixed messages: policy considerations for the growing use of illicit substances as therapeutic agents in Australia
26 April 2023
Policymakers should draw on Australian and international lessons from prescribing cannabis to implement effective regulation for the medicinal use of MDMA and psilocybin.
Jack Wilson
Place-based approaches can help industrial regions decarbonise quicker – here’s how
17 April 2023
Decarbonising Australia’s industrial sector will be essential for Australia to reach net zero. The Australian Government can set the right policy signals with ambitious long-term goals to diversify economically in new clean industries and coordinate investment in specific locations.
Anna Skarbek
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27 February 2023
How to disrupt policy and enable collective intelligence – for people and place – by asking the questions that matter most.
Alex Fischer & Nick Davis
14 February 2023
Modern slavery is a wicked problem for Australia—but effective coordination of the actors involved in prevention, law enforcement and victim protection can enable a more effective response.
Claire Morse and Conrad Townson
12 January 2023
The harms and costs of alcohol to Australia are clear. Government needs to mandate effective messaging around alcohol consumption.
Rachel Visontay, Louise Mewton and Maree Teesson
22 December 2022
It’s been a big first year for The Policymaker—here are our top five most-read articles for 2022.
Hugh Piper
19 December 2022
The NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner explains why it’s in everyone’s interests to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking as a system-level challenge.
James Cockayne
10 December 2022
New draft codes from tech companies could pose risks to Australian children. A better approach—led by government—is needed instead.
Rys Farthing and Judith Bessant
Putting survivors’ rights at the centre of responses to modern slavery
To combat this human rights abuse, we need to understand the scale of the problem, amplify survivors’ voices and work towards a fair compensation system.
Collaboration is the key to fighting modern slavery
The battle against modern slavery is increasingly occupying the mind of investors—collaboration can contribute to its demise.
Beyond roads, rates and rubbish: innovating city governance around the world
Local governments are vital laboratories for policy innovation and experimentation. How can Australia better harness this potential?
Australia’s research funding system is broken—here’s how to fix it
Australian universities contribute to the public good. But we need to be more ambitious about realising their potential. It’s time to remedy and reimagine our research system.
Lessons from a pandemic
Solving our biggest global challenges means putting people and communities at the centre of policymaking.
Cash splash for aged care, but who pays for services in a new home care system?
Labor’s October Budget was good news for aged care—but the hard questions of funding the Support at Home program remain. Here’s two ideas for cost sharing models.
Who will lead us to policy salvation? Community-led policy and the power of us
Solving our biggest global challenges means putting people and communities at the centre of policymaking.
Building policy momentum for green manufacturing
Australia has world-leading research on recycling and green manufacturing. Here’s how the right policy settings can harness it.
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.
