In 2025, the Australian Government committed to establishing a Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve (CMSR) to maximise the strategic value of Australia’s critical minerals. This paper sets out an industry-informed perspective on how to implement the Government’s Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve.

Investment in Research and Development (R&D) plays a key role in driving productivity. Concerningly, Australia’s business R&D spending has fallen to half that of peer countries. The report provides real world examples of how large business R&D investment has a positive spillover effect. It proposes six targeted reforms to unlock a number of economic benefits.

This research note quantifies the potential benefits of shifting from a three-year to a four-year term in the Commonwealth House of Representatives, analysing three categories of benefits: reduced direct election costs, indirect economic benefits and policy implementation benefits. It finds the total benefits over a 20-year period to be between $59-$71 billion.

This in-depth analysis of the Australian health and medical research workforce in 2024 provides insights into the characteristics, career pathways and challenges. The audit highlights issues with gender disparities in senior roles, job insecurity, and the importance of funding stability and recommends improving data processes to guide future policy.

This report looks at the impact of policy settings on Long Day Care market composition in the past 10 years, finding that market growth has been unevenly distributed, with fewer places in lower socio economic areas and a shrinking share of not-for-profit services. The authors urge policymakers to consider how quality services can be incentivised...