Organisation

The Policy Lab

Owning Institution:
Briefing paper

Public attitudes to COVID-19 policies and vaccination

This briefing summarises the findings from a survey of the Australian public on their attitudes to COVID-19 policies, including vaccination.
Briefing paper

Does process matter? Experimental evidence that policy makers should advertise process as well as outcomes

This paper summarises the findings of a recent academic article published by the authors.
Briefing paper

Enlisting the support of trusted cue-givers to tackle public policy challenges

While many governments already do rely on public health experts for advice and public messaging in health policy-making, studies such as this one provide experimentally validated evidence for the efficacy of involving trusted sources in health policy development, as well as public communication about health-saving...
Briefing paper

Who we turn to for information and how much we trust it: health information versus general information

Who do we turn to for health information and how much do we trust that information? Last year, the Policy Lab ran a representative survey of 1,000 Australians – as part of the Australian Cooperative Election Survey – to look at this very question. This...
Report

Mapping public sector innovation units in Australia and New Zealand: 2018 survey report

This report, based on a survey of public sector innovation (PSI) units in Australia and New Zealand undertaken in February 2018, suggests that the actual number of PSI units worldwide may be significantly higher than previously thought.