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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
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
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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
24 July 2024
Some governments are starting to develop better frameworks to understand the benefits of investing in long-term wellbeing and prevention. Here’s where to start.
Hannah Lobb
17 July 2024
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.
Teddy Nagaddya, Jenna Condie, Sharlotte Tusasiirwe & Kate Huppatz
The AI genie is out of the bottle – here’s how to regulate it
Generative AI is here to stay. But with a nuanced understanding of the technology, sophisticated regulation and a long-term view, we can minimise its harms and capitalise on its transformative potential.
Measuring what matters: embracing Mental Wealth as an overarching indicator of national prosperity
As Australia embraces a broader definition of national progress, we should use metrics that prioritise the wellbeing of the economy and society together.
The wellbeing economy: our opportunity to redesign a more humane economy
Australia and the world need a new economic and social paradigm that prioritises people and the planet.
Australia should enhance the ESG capabilities of small businesses – here’s how
Australia can be a leader in sustainable business and contribute to a greener and more socially responsible future by developing strategic supports, incentives, stricter regulations and collaboration platforms for small and medium enterprises.
A black sky and some green shoots: how to shape AI for the common good
A passive approach to emerging artificial intelligence technologies could generate significant social problems – but “mission economy” and “just transition” approaches to AI can unlock a better, more inclusive future.
The biggest risks of AI don’t come from it getting smarter than us – they come from us
Policymakers should prioritise the risks of inequality, a loss of creativity and self-interested manipulation when thinking about AI.
How Australia can catch up on clean energy transition
In the face of global warming and the limited capacity of renewables, Australia squandered its hydrogen opportunity. What can we do to catch up on the clean energy transition?
Community battery storage and the promise of a just transition
Policymakers can empower communities to contribute to greater energy efficiency and resilience by applying a “just transition” lens to new technologies such as community battery storage.
The five building blocks that nurtured Sharee’s Strong Spirit
Putting First Nations people in the driver’s seat of community development isn’t just the right thing to do – it delivers better outcomes too.
Mixed messages: policy considerations for the growing use of illicit substances as therapeutic agents in Australia
Policymakers should draw on Australian and international lessons from prescribing cannabis to implement effective regulation for the medicinal use of MDMA and psilocybin.
