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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