How can government rekindle trust with its constituents? A Mandarin Live event recently looked at some promising cases.

Three new CEOs, the first female senior public defender for NSW, and a new advisory group for Victoria's creative industries. The latest senior public sector appointments from across the country.

Homelessness has increased greatly in Australian capital cities since 2001. Almost two-thirds of people experiencing homelessness are in these cities, with much of the growth associated with severely crowded dwellings and rough sleeping.

Many Australian universities are clearly in financial difficulties and are trying to raise money any way they can. Unless the federal government revises its funding policy for universities, less well-off ones, particularly regional universities, are at risk of failing.

Our airports and other forms of infrastructure near the coastline are critical to the Australian economy. A study by the Climate Council suggests over a metre sea level rise would put more than A$200 billion worth of Australian infrastructure at risk.

The Australian government has often been a world leader in service-delivery innovation, but the time has come for the next wave of reform. And if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the NSW government should feel very chuffed.

One would think that quasi-markets and social enterprise are a match made in heaven, and the growth of social enterprise into quasi-market spaces is something that should be encouraged. However, they have been curiously absent from some key policy discussions. When it comes to the NDIS, the scheme represents the most significant opportunity for social enterprise development we have seen in Australia.

Without doubt, the current times present major challenges for all governments. And new challenges will surely arise in the years ahead. Here are six recurrent patterns that seem to promote successful policy outcomes.

Setting prices for government services is not always a simple task but three federal agencies could still do a much better job of it, according to a recent audit.

Young Australians, particularly young men, don’t fully understand sexual consent. We need to continue to push for gender equality to change the harmful attitudes and behaviours that are hurting our young people and help put a stop to gendered violence.

Integrity campaigners have labelled the spread of disinformation during the recent federal election campaign as ‘intolerable’, and are calling for criminal laws specifically designed to deter such conduct in the future.

Quality early-childhood education plays a strong role in helping to identify and address emerging issues for children before they even start school. There is an urgent need for the government to address inequity faced by children and their families.

Had it put greater focus on these principles, it's possible Labor would have taken a different approach to selling its credentials, and succeeded in moving more voters its way. There's something here for all of us.

After the unexpected Brexit result and the 2015 British general election, a British Polling Council Inquiry investigated what went wrong in the polls. Its findings might help us make sense of what happened here in Australia last Saturday.

For six months, the Australian economy has been growing at an annualised pace of just 1% – way, way short of its potential. Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg were elected to manage the economy, and that means doing whatever is needed to avoid a recession and the long-term damage to lives and living standards it would deliver.