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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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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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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
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.
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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.
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.
