Shane Rattenbury shares his insights on climate change, energy policy, bipartisanship and tri-partisanship.

Working out which powers can be relinquished is the first step agencies can make towards Aboriginal self-determination, says Rueben Berg.

Even the flexible work advocates at VEOHRC worried about providing frontline services remotely during lockdown — and were surprised at how well it worked.

New research shows fewer staff are experiencing sexism while working remotely, as well as the most effective ways to win over fence-sitters on gender equality.

'The more women who come through, the easier it gets, the better it is, the more women have the ability to be themselves, to feel these gender prisons less', says the former PM.

Moonee Valley council's 'Mamma's Kitchen' is giving women from Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan the chance to use their cooking skills in paid work, and it's helping to build confidence and experience.

Australians trust government — and say they prioritise improving healthcare and addressing poverty — more than before the pandemic. Yet they are still worried, with many young people choosing financial stability over career development.

From the grandiose to the incremental, missions offer a powerful policy tool for getting things done. What makes them work?

Reputation can't be left to the comms team, argues Michelle Bryne, head of strategic communications at the Victorian Essential Services Commission. Remember that every interaction with stakeholders impacts their view, and rethink those hundred-page reports.

Homeless hotel programs have given many the security to make positive changes in their lives. Victoria hopes to make these changes permanent.

Some of the changes forced onto Victoria's prison system by the pandemic have led to better services that will endure into the future, says Corrections Victoria Acting Commissioner Larissa Strong. Advocates hope the experience will lead to deeper shifts.

You wouldn't roll out a vaccine without testing it first, and behavioural interventions should be no different. Professors Steve Reicher and David Halpern recently reflected on the pandemic's lessons for government.

The UK government has done a terrible job of managing the pandemic. Clearer strategic direction and improved relationships between advisors and ministers could have helped.

Environment minister Sussan Ley refused outright 39 freedom of information requests in the last financial year, while granting just one in full and three in part, new analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation has found.

Before the recession we were on a collision course with environmental disaster. The recovery provides a rare opportunity to do things differently; to rebuild a better economy that can support living standards without irretrievably damaging the environment. The closer we get to irreversible climate change, the harder that will become. Doughnut economics, a concept principally […]