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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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27 August 2024
Innovative analysis of paleoclimate data from the last thousand years is informing better environmental management. What more can governments do to harness this valuable natural record to improve policymaking?
Philippa Higgins, Chris Turney, Jonathan Palmer, Tristan Derham, Lucinda Duxbury and Matthew Fielding
20 August 2024
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
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?
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.
