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  • Beyond freight support: Why Australia needs national coordination to prevent a wider crisis

    2 April 2026

    Australia’s fuel shortage cannot be resolved by freight support alone. A national 'control tower' is needed to coordinate fuel, logistics and demand in real time.

    Ben Fahimnia

  • Bridging the digital health gap in regional Australia

    26 March 2026

    Australia has made important progress in digital health, but remote communities are not yet consistently benefiting from it. Bridging this gap will require more coordinated, sustained action across infrastructure, workforce and funding.

    Shakeel Mahmood

  • 100 days of Australia’s social media age restrictions: lessons for the next phase of policy

    20 March 2026

    Australia’s under-16 social media ban is a starting point, not an end point. The first 100 days offer early lessons on what will matter most if the policy is to work for young people.

    Jo Orlando

  • Secrecy needs a clock: integrity agencies and the problem of indefinite silence

    26 February 2026

    Integrity agencies need confidentiality powers, but those powers should be subject to time limits, review mechanisms and transparency standards.

    Michael Stuckey

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