Education Coalition budget commits $20m to study and stimulate social impact investing by Stephen Easton Education for humans in an AI world Targets work for Indigenous procurement, but Closing the Gap is a whole other ballgame
Community & Social A guide to setting up a What Works evidence centre and surmounting its challenges by The Mandarin Labor promises to 'review' appointment of public servants to disability royal commission How a different kind of CEO can help the homeless
Energy & Environment Ocean waves and winds are getting higher and stronger by The University of Melbourne Using beloved works of literature to predict the futures of cities Budgeting for drought
Communications & Technology Odd logic: why the Morrison government won't mandate Essential Eight cyber controls by Stephen Easton Data61 an international exemplar of public sector 'digital innovation' done right Blockchain in government: the possibilities after the hype
Foreign Affairs & Immigration Why Michael Pezzullo is not a fan of KPIs, or right-wing extremists by Stephen Easton Settling migrants in regional areas will need more than a visa to succeed Mixed reviews for DFAT-AusAID merger five years on
Culture War on empathy; war on confidence; war on context by Nicholas Gruen Can Belgium’s deliberative democracy experiment work in Australia? The 14 Indigenous words for money on our new 50 cent coin
Health Psychedelics to treat mental illness? Australian researchers are giving it a go by The Conversation Lawyers, guns, money – and politics, part 1 Is your child lonely at school?
Defence Greg Moriarty: collaboration is the key to reform a 'change-resistant bureaucracy' by Stephen Easton Concern over Defence's projects of concern regime Michael Pezzullo's seven gathering storms: national security in the 2020s
Security & Justice Blockchain in government: the possibilities after the hype by David Donaldson Law Council: governments don't seem to care about Indigenous incarceration New ICAC, old problem: NT corruption watchdog at full capacity after just 100 days
Economy & Industry Shrinking middle class threatening social stability, warns OECD by David Donaldson New procurement rules empower companies to challenge government agencies Social impact bonds: why investors put $5 million into reducing youth unemployment
Transport & Infrastructure Australia has a new National Construction Code, but it's still not good enough by The University of Melbourne $500m for station car parks? Other transport solutions could do much more for the money VicRoads and PTV to be rolled into Transport Department
