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31 October 2024
Building on international initiatives, a Future Generations Commissioner in Australia could put long-term interests front of mind for today’s policymakers.
Taylor Hawkins
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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.
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Better coordinated approaches that prioritise preventative health could help stem diabetes prevalence in Australia.
Cristy Brooks and Freya MacMillan
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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.
Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi and Greg Morrison
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Australia can lead on comprehensive climate risk management by regulating corporate financial disclosures to include the physical risks posed by climate change.
Adam Arian and John Sands
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Australia can move beyond sustainability and circularity towards an approach to industrial innovation prioritising regenerating nature and our social wellbeing.
Vanita Yadav
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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.
Dilupa Nakandala
Australia needs flexible, place-based childcare
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.
Making housing more affordable: bridging the policy gap
“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.
What next for government as a strategic investor in Australia?
Government has emerged as a decisive strategic investor in Australia, helping shape markets to address complex policy challenges. How did it get here and what can it do next?
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.
NSW could be a laboratory of democracy on diverse representation
Appointing some ministers from outside parliament could help boost representation and improve policymaking.
Building bridges between climate scientists and policymakers
What does successful knowledge brokering between climate scientists and government look like?
Eight industrial policy hacks: bolstering domestic capability under constrained fiscal conditions
Australia needs a more deliberate approach to industrial policy to achieve a productivity dividend within tight budget constraints – here’s how.
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.
The dangers of pluralisation: A singular duty of care in the Online Safety Act
With Australia’s Online Safety Act under review, regulators should take heed of the UK’s experience in imposing duties of care on digital platforms.
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?
