In this discussion paper, the author unpacks Australia’s strategic plans for the next three decades, including acquiring Virginia class submarines and designing new nuclear-powered submarines.

This report outlines a range of options available to institutional investors seeking to apply their financial resources to helping solve one of Australia’s most intractable problems – the unaffordability and supply of housing.

Through a broad overview of what works and what doesn’t and three detailed case studies dealing with aged care, COVID responses and the Victorian roads maintenance sector, this report shows that the Australian experience of privatisation, outsourcing and contracting of essential government services and Public Private Partnerships over three decades has been decidedly mixed.

Hydrogen could be a new player in Australia’s clean energy transition. This report outlines some practical steps to fostering a large-scale hydrogen industry in Victoria.

Australians are renting for longer, and often permanently, as home ownership grows out of reach for generations of working and middle-class Australians. Drawing upon local and international housing trends and regulatory frameworks, this report outlines six practical policy recommendations to ensure Australia remains a country where renting privately remains a dignified, secure and just form...