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Net Zero Cities: what Australia can learn from international success stories

13 November 2024|

Effective city-level planning is essential for Australia to meet its Net Zero targets. Australia can learn from leading global cities to improve policy coordination, employ targeted finance and harness research to develop more effective local climate policy.

Beyond carbon emissions: addressing broader climate risks in corporate financial disclosures

14 October 2024|

Australia can lead on comprehensive climate risk management by regulating corporate financial disclosures to include the physical risks posed by climate change.

How government can boost manufacturing SMEs – and lift productivity – through adoption of advanced technologies

30 September 2024|

SMEs are critical to NSW and Australia’s manufacturing landscape and are vital to economic renewal. However, manufacturing SMEs have struggled to increase productivity by harnessing advanced technologies. As government deepens its focus on industry policy, here’s how to fix that.

Diversifying Australians’ investment choices by boosting confidence in our superannuation system

13 September 2024|

Despite having a robust and mature retirement savings system, many Australians are choosing property as their preferred retirement investment. By addressing underlying trust issues in the superannuation system, government can alleviate this added pressure on the property market and encourage a more balanced approach to retirement planning.

Better budgeting: measuring the real long-term costs and benefits of policy

2 September 2024|

By measuring outcomes beyond immediate upfront costs, governments can develop a more holistic understanding of the downstream effects of their decisions. Here’s where to start.

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