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5 February 2025
Supporting Australians’ reproductive needs and choices isn’t just good for individual health – it’s also a productivity imperative. Here’s how we can build a legal framework for universal reproductive health leave.
Michelle O’Shea, Nicola Street & Daniell Howe
23 January 2025
Food insecurity is a growing problem for Australians – but we need better data and evidence to understand it. Here’s how government can implement more robust and comprehensive data collection to inform policymaking on food security.
Sue Kleve, Katherine Kent and Rebecca Lindberg
17 January 2025
Prevention, early intervention, harm reduction and education should be prioritised in the NSW Government’s new Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Strategy.
Jack Wilson, Kate Ross and Steph Kershaw
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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.
Dilupa Nakandala
16 September 2024
As the challenges to maintaining economic resilience, social cohesion, and mental wellbeing grow, national time banks could mobilise social production and safeguard prosperity.
Jo-An Occhipinti, Ante Prodan, William Hynes, John Buchanan, Goran Ujdur and Harris Eyre
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.
Reza Tajaddini, Hassan Gholipour Fereidouni & Amir Arjomandi
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.
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.
