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3 December 2024
NSW has an abundance of public parks and natural beauty. Here’s how we can ensure more of these spaces are inclusive hubs for community cohesion and environmental resilience.
Parisa Ziaesaeidi
18 November 2024
Better coordinated approaches that prioritise preventative health could help stem diabetes prevalence in Australia.
Cristy Brooks and Freya MacMillan
13 November 2024
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
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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
12 August 2024
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
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.
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.
