22 January 2024
Australia deserves a public service that embodies its multiculturalism – diversity targets are a proven way to get there.
Jin Lim
10 October 2023
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.
Jack Isherwood
Aged care workforce shortages require action from the Jobs Summit & resourcing for high quality care
9 September 2022
While reforms to improve the quality of aged care are welcome, the government must also consider how to resource providers to meet higher standards.
Nelson Ma, David Brown
Aged care workforce shortages require action from the Jobs Summit & resourcing for high quality care
5 September 2022
While reforms to improve the quality of aged care are welcome, the government must also consider how to resource providers to meet higher standards.
Nelson Ma, David Brown
31 August 2022
The new Labor government has a historic opportunity to boost young people’s wellbeing as part of its economic agenda—here’s how.
Travers McLeod
30 August 2022
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?
Libby Hackett
18 August 2022
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.
Roy Green
8 August 2022
New research shows that by taking into account the broader financial benefits of domestic manufacturing, building key transport infrastructure locally can be the fiscally smart decision.
Christopher Day
28 July 2022
We should reimagine how capital markets can better back women entrepreneurs, especially those at society’s margins, and boost women’s economic security more broadly. The design of a new venture capital fund announced by the NSW Government can demonstrate what’s possible.
Vafa Ghazavi
25 July 2022
While Australia is doing well on full employment, it’s time to prepare for the next downturn by upgrading the economy’s recession-fighting toolkit.
Zac Gross