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  • (Em)powered women: towards a gender-inclusive workforce for Australia’s clean energy future

    25 June 2025

    Achieving Net Zero by 2050 demands a larger, more inclusive clean energy workforce. Here’s how energy experts recommend we boost women’s participation and leadership in the sector.

    Bahareh Berenjforoush Azar, Camille Dickson-Deane & Eva Cheng

  • How Australia can build an alliance for housing in the Asia-Pacific

    17 June 2025

    Australia can boost the supply for affordable housing by working with regional partners to generate greater efficiencies in international supply chains for construction.

    Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi, Greg Morrison and Barrie Harrop

  • Making digitalisation work for construction in NSW

    13 June 2025

    The construction industry can significantly boost its productivity by embracing digitalisation. Here’s how government can support the sector’s technological transition and drive growth in the NSW economy.

    Srinath Perera, Sean Jin and Marini Samaratunga

  • Driving regulatory reform: five ways government can run more successful experiments

    27 May 2025

    In fast-moving regulatory spaces with a paucity of data, experimentation can deliver timely and robust evidence to inform decisions.

    Saul Wodak

  • Closing the loop: towards an Australian circular economy policy for the built environment

    14 May 2025

    A focus on the built environment is critical for Australia to achieve its circular economy targets. Here are five key requirements for developing an effective, full-lifecycle and targeted policy for enhancing circularity in the built environment.

    Sepani Senaratne, Shashini Jayakodi and Srinath Perera

  • Thinking differently about university-business research partnerships: the potential of revenue-contingent loans

    25 September 2023

    Revenue-contingent loans for research-based start-ups could provide a sustainable model for boosting Australia’s R&D output.

    Ken Baldwin, Bruce Chapman & Glenn Withers

  • Thinking differently about university-business research partnerships: the potential of revenue-contingent loans

    25 September 2023

    Revenue-contingent loans for research-based start-ups could provide a sustainable model for boosting Australia’s R&D output.

    Ken Baldwin, Bruce Chapman & Glenn Withers

  • Australia needs a wellbeing economy, not just a wellbeing budget.

    Australia needs a wellbeing economy, not just a wellbeing budget

    20 October 2022

    The Albanese government’s October budget presents an opportunity to transform the purpose and principles of economic policy.

    Alicia Mollaun

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    Improving secondary education is not only the right thing to do – it is good for future productivity growth

    9 May 2022

    The declining performance of Australia’s secondary schools is limiting productivity growth. An ambitious, inclusive plan for policy reform is needed to move things in a better direction.

    Jenny Gordon

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