Policymaking
How can Australian policymakers embrace innovative approaches and engage broader knowledge bases?
19 August 2026
Local governments play a critical role in addressing community health, wellbeing and climate challenges. Local government funding and more effective partnership between levels of government – through formalised agreements, capability-building and local knowledge integration – can create sustainable and effective programs for Australian communities.
Cliff Eberly
Esther Koh
Migration policy is commonly driven by macro-level data and, at times, political objectives, but incorporating the real-world experiences and stories of migrants can generate more human-centred policymaking, empathetic processes and policy settings.
Anna Boucher, Gourvika Kumar and Mengmeng Zhang
Efficiency should be an imperative for governments of all stripes. But realising greater public sector productivity means asking the right questions and using more rigorous approaches.
Geoff Mulgan
To improve lives, we need policy systems that can listen, learn and adjust. Bayesian methods combined with changing technology offer a new pathway to address persistent challenges by informing decisions and evaluating success.
Sally Cripps, Ben Gales and Anna Lopatnikova
