Citizens expect, and most government departments want to provide, a better service. But the established way of doing things is a big ship to turn…

If countries around the globe cut emissions, how badly would Australia’s exports of coal and natural gas suffer?…

Two challenges with Australia's current model of governance are frequently mentioned. The first is that we are increasingly failing to achieve the outcomes people expect.

Citizen juries are generally great PR for agencies and businesses, but as this recent case shows, they're an artificial environment. The practical conclusions that can…

Australia’s political class, before and since Turnbull, in all political parties, have little commitment to comprehensive restructuring of the Australian economy to exploit the information…

A new approach to climate-related security risk-management is needed. The worst possible scenarios must be considered, as climate change has become a near-to mid-term existential…

There is consensus among New Zealand policymakers and researchers that GDP is not a good measure of a nation’s well-being. But the debate about what…

New Zealand’s first ‘wellbeing budget’ was delivered last week by Minister of Finance Grant Robertson. As the second budget from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour-led…

Doctors are a major part of the health system and play a key role in delivering high-value healthcare.

Part 2 of Elyse Sainty’s letter from the frontline of Australia’s foray into social impact bonds in which she outlines her ‘thoughts and prayers’ for…

Five years ago, the UK's Policy Profession Board made a commitment to improve policy making across government, signing the Twelve Actions to Professionalise Policy Making…

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…

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…

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…