It’s common to frame discussions of societal transitions by focusing on the new skills that become essential. But instead of looking at what we’re learning, perhaps we should consider the obverse: what becomes safe to forget? Read More
Youth Homelessness Matters Day is a timely reminder of the struggle young people face without a roof over their head. It is also an opportunity to recognise the people who work tirelessly to better those young lives. Read More
In old-style, command-and-control management structures, most knowledge remains unshared because knowledge becomes power, position and promotion… and safety. To transform a business, leaders and executives need to transform themselves and their thinking first. Read More
We do not have to sleepwalk into the global workforce crisis in healthcare. With concerted, coherent effort we can orchestrate 10 large-scale changes to enhance the capacity to care by 20%. Australia is already leading the way in advanced practice and telehealth. Read More
With a proactive approach to the ethical development of AI, Australia can do more than just mitigate against any risks. If we can build AI for a fairer go, we can secure a competitive advantage as well as safeguard the rights of Australians. Read More
As Australia’s population increasingly demands more sophisticated clinical responses to chronic disease, preventative strategies offer governments a potentially robust intervention to help control ballooning health care costs. Read More
Regulatory reviews of organisational failings inevitably focus on why risks were not effectively identified, measured, monitored or managed. The risks are the same for policy-makers. The Three Lines of Defence model for risk-management is a way to ensure policy doesn't fail. Read More
The Commonwealth has committed almost $5.8 million to mental health initiatives for traumatised police and emergency services personnel, over half of which comes from the proceeds of crime. Read More
Parent mental health is an increasingly held topic of public conversation, but it’s fair to say that we have a way to go. Often, child and youth mental health are discussed in isolation – but we can’t talk about child mental health without talking about parent mental health. The two issues go hand in hand. Read More
Internationally, the payment of welfare benefits is increasingly being made contingent on a diverse array of behavioural conditions from attending parenting classes, to sending children to school and getting them immunised. We need more debate about the threat this growing regime of surveillance and punishment poses to citizens’ autonomy. Read More
The exploding popularity of e-scooters could reshape mobility in our cities. Regulators need to adapt their approaches to handle the innovation rather than ban it altogether. Read More
The government has broadly kept to the restrained growth of the public sector seen in the budgets of recent years, but the Nationals leadership thinks there's still room for government jobs to decentralise. Read More
Malcolm Turnbull’s “Innovation boom” might be a thing of the past, but that doesn’t mean innovation has vanished from the budget entirely. Read More
As the world adapts to a technology enabled future, the IT Department is the core of any business. So what are the hallmarks of a successful IT leader? Read More
Newly released statistics on regional population growth in Australia in 2017-18 show current growth is heavily concentrated in the capitals. People clearly prefer to settle in these cities. So how can migration to the less favoured regional centres be made to work? Read More
