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25 July 2024
Industry policy is experiencing a renaissance as governments address compounding economic, social, environmental and strategic challenges. What can we learn from policymakers and researchers working on these grand challenges?
Simon Rowell
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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
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
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.
Adam Arian and John Sands
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Local microfactories have the potential to sustainably supply the metals and critical materials needed for Australia’s green transition. But what are the right policy settings to support the reprocessing of waste for manufacturing?
Veena Sahajwalla & Anirban Ghose
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
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
‘Round and ‘round we go! Let’s get off the carousel and build a social services system that works for people
As governments look to reform our social services systems, they must tap into the transformative power of relationships.
Our public service needs cultural diversity targets
Australia deserves a public service that embodies its multiculturalism – diversity targets are a proven way to get there.
Empowering the future: breaking the cycle of youth mental ill health through political agency
With poor mental health outcomes for young people linked to a lack of agency to shape society, how can we better reflect the interests of youth in policy and politics?
A vision splendid: unlocking patient capital through long-term asset funds
Australia’s superannuation funds can anchor long-term investments that are essential for the development of new industries, especially manufacturing, and the transition to a low emissions economy.
The Policymaker in 2023: our most-read articles
In its second year, The Policymaker has grown to become a leading platform for public policy analysis and ideas informed by research expertise and experience – here are our five most popular articles in 2023.
I never said “thank you” to my calculator: reflections from the outgoing NSW Chief Data Scientist
As AI becomes invisibly embedded in everyday life, we must remain laser focused on controlling and regulating how it uses data and the data it generates.
Harnessing research and innovation to secure NSW’s future
NSW’s minister for industry and innovation outlines his vision for the NSW economy with research and evidence driving the government’s industry, decarbonisation and innovation policies.
Children in crisis need real relationships: the case for a child connection system
A child protection system preoccupied with risk aversion is impeding the emotional growth of children. We need a new model based on relational care and reciprocity to break the cycle.
Developing community involvement in emergency management policy
How can the law and policy governing disaster responses better facilitate shared decision-making between communities and government?
Hard truths about researchers as honest brokers
What are the challenges to academic influence in public policy? And what practical steps are available to bridge the gap between researchers and policymakers?
