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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
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Harnessing the skills and insight of people with experience in the system is the key to sustainable and transformative reform of our child protection systems.
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Cash splash for aged care, but who pays for services in a new home care system?
Labor’s October Budget was good news for aged care—but the hard questions of funding the Support at Home program remain. Here’s two ideas for cost sharing models.
Who will lead us to policy salvation? Community-led policy and the power of us
Solving our biggest global challenges means putting people and communities at the centre of policymaking.
Building policy momentum for green manufacturing
Australia has world-leading research on recycling and green manufacturing. Here’s how the right policy settings can harness it.
Australia needs a wellbeing economy, not just a wellbeing budget
The Albanese government’s October budget presents an opportunity to transform the purpose and principles of economic policy.
How could data help us combat racism?
Improved data management, monitoring and analysis could be critical to combatting racism – here’s a plan for how research and numbers can help us tackle one of Australia’s biggest social issues.
Aged care workforce shortages require action from the Jobs Summit & resourcing for high quality care
While reforms to improve the quality of aged care are welcome, the government must also consider how to resource providers to meet higher standards.
Young people must be at the centre of the government’s jobs and skills plan
The new Labor government has a historic opportunity to boost young people’s wellbeing as part of its economic agenda—here’s how.
“Freedom within a framework” – how Australia’s universities can make a full economic contribution
Is now the moment to (re)introduce an independent "buffer body" for the tertiary sector that will enable universities to respond to future jobs, skills and research needs?
Digital solutions to Australia’s youth mental health crisis
Digital technologies offer an opportunity to tackle Australia’s youth mental health crisis. But effective solutions will require us to think innovatively and listen to the voices of young people with first-hand experience.
Australia’s innovation future: an agenda to transform our economy
While fiscal stimulus applied during the COVID-19 crisis has boosted employment, the much bigger challenge remains productivity and wage stagnation. This will require an ambitious national reform agenda to transform Australian industry.
