Australia must move on from its outdated environment laws Energy & Environment Should Labor win, it will have little time to waste on developing environmental policies that are fit-for-purpose for 21st Century reality. Read more
Mike Mrdak: public servants must ditch the business jargon, stop being scared of citizens Wednesday May 8, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Government agencies need to be more open, honest and direct with the public, come to terms with social media and realise that working with people… Read more
Planning for climate extremes in global farming Monday May 6, 2019 By The University of Melbourne Australian Capital Territory Climate change means the frequency and severity of climate extremes is predicted to further increase in most regions worldwide. It’s important to understand how climate… Read more
Understanding demand to prevent market failures in the NDIS Monday May 6, 2019 By Flavio Souza Features How can the NDIA help service providers make informed business choices, and stimulate their participation in the scheme, when real market data on demand is… Read more
We need tomorrow’s teachers today Wednesday May 1, 2019 By Robert Kay Education The fourth industrial revolution is upon us, and massive disruptions in the nature of employment mean many of the things our children are learning today… Read more
The 2019 Budget provides opportunity for innovation through data sharing Monday April 29, 2019 By Tahnya Donaghy Features How can the budget process provide an opportunity to genuinely disrupt the way the public sector performs? By quarantining a proportion of funds within all… Read more
A guide to setting up a What Works evidence centre and surmounting its challenges Friday April 26, 2019 By Jonathan Breckon and Robyn Mildon Community & Social As What Works centres mature and grow in the UK, and the movement spreads internationally, there will be more lessons to be learned and shared. Read more
House prices and demographics make death duties an idea whose time has come Friday April 26, 2019 By John Mangan Editors' Picks It’s hard to tell what’s happening to the distribution of wealth in Australia. Since death duties went, Australian income inequality has climbed, with the standard… Read more
Is your child lonely at school? Tuesday April 23, 2019 By The University of Melbourne Federal Emerging research suggests that we are now facing a global loneliness epidemic among our young people. In fact, young people are now reporting feelings of… Read more
You look but do not find: why the absence of evidence can be a useful thing Tuesday April 23, 2019 By Deborah Brown and Brian Key Editors' Picks Is the absence of evidence evidence of absence? The opposite assumption — that an absence of evidence is not evidence of absence — is having… Read more
Using beloved works of literature to predict the futures of cities Tuesday April 23, 2019 By Alan Marshall Editors' Picks How can we predict the futures of cities? We could study population statistics; we could analyse technological trajectories and business trends to forecast economic possibilities. Read more
How much can we afford to forget, if we train machines to remember? Thursday April 18, 2019 By Gene Tracy Editors' Picks 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,… Read more
The accountability debate in Canberra: what's at stake Wednesday April 17, 2019 By Geoff Gallop Australian Capital Territory Geoff Gallop outlines what he sees as some of the important issues at stake in the contemporary debate about accountability and how to properly guarantee… Read more
Can Belgium’s deliberative democracy experiment work in Australia? Friday April 12, 2019 By Matt Ryan Culture Whether Australia could successfully replicate the 'citizens' council' system of governance modelled by Belgium is worth the discussion. Read more
How Australia can navigate the global workforce crisis in healthcare Thursday April 11, 2019 By Mark Britnell Federal 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… Read more
