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22 April 2024
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.
Rys Farthing
Lorna Woods
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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
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
8 October 2024
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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5 August 2024
For Australia to better empower low-income households, we should focus on affordability. Here’s how governments and the private sector can work together to achieve this.
Daniel Tracey
31 July 2024
Australians should embrace prefabricated homes as an efficient and sustainable way to boost supply and lower prices. Government should lead the way with a supportive policy framework.
Parisa Ziaesaeidi
26 July 2024
While the environmental and energy impetus for residential battery storage is well established, adopting a “mission” approach could help governments deliver on broader social, economic and sustainability objectives.
Jack Isherwood
Building social resilience through community-oriented approaches to disaster management
While governments often prioritise rebuilding roads and other physical infrastructure post-disaster, just as great a focus is needed on supporting communities to build resilient social infrastructure.
Dull, Dirty and Dangerous
What is the potential for AI to automate repetitive, low complexity tasks in knowledge sectors? And what can government do to manage this transition?
Safeguarding the future: preventing the misuse of generative AI
Grasping the opportunities and managing the risks of generative AI is a generational challenge. The eSafety Commissioner explains how Australia is starting to tackle this issue.
Microcredentials: Small steppingstones towards a more inclusive future?
Skills mismatches will grow due to climate change and its economic fallout. Microcredentials can enable rapid and inclusive re-skilling while offering universities an opportunity to re-invent their mission in a “climate changed” world.
Combatting misinformation and disinformation through more effective regulation
Australia’s referendum on the Voice has highlighted the need for better regulation of social media platforms to prevent falsehoods corroding our democratic discourse.
Thinking differently about university-business research partnerships: the potential of revenue-contingent loans
Revenue-contingent loans for research-based start-ups could provide a sustainable model for boosting Australia’s R&D output.
Legalising drugs? Improving the quality of the debate
A well-informed policy debate around legalisation should consider evidence from around the world on regulatory options for the supply, retail and consumption of currently illicit drugs.
No longer lost in translation
The path to optimal collaboration between policymakers and researchers is long and winding – but innovative new institutions are helping accelerate the journey.
Regulating artificial intelligence against gender bias: can Australia emerge as a world leader?
Australia has joined the race to regulate AI – but we aren’t paying enough attention to the gender-related challenges generated by these systems. Here’s how we can start to fix that.
How research can enhance policymaking: improving the interface between academia and government
Breaking down the barriers to collaboration between researchers and policy practitioners takes relationships of trust, innovative knowledge-brokering institutions and better mutual understanding.
