To celebrate APO's 21 years of curating content from a diverse range of organisations, the APO team have selected some of the most influential and engaging publishers who – like us – believe open access to policy and research can improve societal outcomes.
Tell us what you think! Have your say on LinkedIn or Twitter using the hashtag #APO_MVPs. But please remember we are only human and we had thousands of publishing organisations to choose from.
Back to Top Content 2023.
| Publisher | Resources | Pageviews | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Useful Evidence The Alliance for Useful Evidence (2012-2020) was a network that championed the smarter use of evidence in social policy and practice. |
8 | 5,673 | 1,563 |
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation In 2019 in partnership with RMIT ABC Factcheck we established the Factcheck Collection. Amid growing misinformation, this is a great resource - often used to correct common misconceptions. |
572 | 80,541 | 7,626 |
| Australian Council of Learned Academies The Academies of Health and Medical Sciences, Humanities, Science, Social Sciences, and Technological Sciences and Engineering all work to elevate the contribution of university researchers. ACOLA brings together this expertise to produce cross-disciplinary research on current policy issues. |
27 | 7,556 | 1,128 |
| Australian Council of Social Service In collaboration with the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, ACOSS have produced annual reports on the state of poverty in Australia. |
143 | 195,264 | 19,317 |
| Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute AHURI have a focus on research translation. Over the last 8 years they have added over 200 resources to APO to reach a broad audience that includes policymakers and practitioners. |
656 | 206,045 | 28,976 |
| Centre for Social Impact The Centre for Social Impact is a collaboration of Australian universities who provide education, tools and research to help activate social change for a better world. Their reports reflect a diverse range of social issues. |
176 | 121,815 | 23,078 |
| Climate Council The Climate Council's mission is to connect decision-makers, the public and media to communicate and catalyse action on the consequences of climate change. |
156 | 52,214 | 8,816 |
| Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research Over many years, the Deeble Institute have been diligently adding their Issues Briefs on health policy research to APO to connect with our audience. |
97 | 50,057 | 9,299 |
| Future Directions International Future Directions International (FDI) was an independent, not-for-profit research institute that researched medium to long-term issues facing Australia. Before FDI closed in 2021, APO editors ensured that we had a copy of all their reports providing a permanent archive. (All APO records will be backed up on the Internet Archive). |
316 | 74,023 | 10,133 |
| Grattan Institute Like APO, the Grattan Institute believes access to good information should be free. They produce high-quality public policy recommendations for Australia’s future and their reports are always popular among APO's audience. |
222 | 117,874 | 18,387 |
| Lowitja Institute Australia’s only national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled health research institute, the Lowitja Institute is working for the health and wellbeing of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. They do this through high impact quality research, knowledge exchange, and by supporting a new generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health researchers. |
68 | 38,641 | 10,751 |
| Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Motu Research helps Kiwi decision-makers grapple with complex social and environmental issues with economic and public policy research. |
121 | 7,789 | 1,141 |
| National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) NCVER is the national professional body responsible for collecting, managing, analysing and communicating research and statistics on the Australian vocational education and training sector. |
497 | 97,967 | 9,051 |
| News and Media Research Centre The annual Digital News Reports produced by the News and Media Research Centre have been extremely popular on APO and widely shared on social media. |
58 | 158,199 | 49,308 |
| Parliamentary Research Service (NSW) The NSW Parliamentary Research Service produce research on the latest policy issues parliamentarians are dealing with. They have been active contributors to APO for many years. |
428 | 123,072 | 13,395 |
| Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability Royal Commissions in Australia are a significant investment into investigating critical issues. We have selected the Disability Royal Commission as it has to be one of the most prolific publishers - commissioning or producing over 50 reports. |
53 | 27,406 | 8,327 |
| The Australia Institute The Australia Institute uses research and communication strategies to advocate for change in public policy. They tackle current issues in Australian politics head on - making their reports popular on APO. |
783 | 201,590 | 24,757 |
| The New Zealand Initiative The New Zealand Initiative's mission is to help create a competitive, open and dynamic economy and a free, prosperous, fair and cohesive society. They work with policymakers across the political spectrum, the wider business community, the media, academics and the general public. |
102 | 12,127 | 2,745 |
| Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service acts as a bridge between the legal system and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. They are actively involved in community education, research and advocacy around law reform and policy development. |
11 | 2,276 | 688 |
| Whitlam Institute In 2020 APO partnered with the Whitlam Institute (based at Western Sydney University) to establish the Whitlam Policy Collection to amplify their work to a public audience. |
46 | 20,224 | 2,703 |