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A preventable crisis: tackling the long-term impacts of obesity on Australians’ health and prosperity
Around 66% of Australian adults are overweight or obese. This places Australia higher than average for developed countries, and rates in Australia have been climbing over recent years. This report charts a course for reform and provides several recommendations and policy options for government to consider.
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AI 2035: Australia’s opportunity playbook
This playbook proposes that Australia faces a simple choice: it can be an artificial intelligence (AI) leader, or an AI follower. It presents a practical path forward built on three foundations – economic growth, security and setting up Australia as a world-leader in AI – to secure Australia’s prosperity in the AI era ahead.
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International student course-hopping: university complicity and government inaction
This report examines a sharp rise in international student attrition at Australian universities and what it reveals about the growing misuse of the student visa system. It shows that first-year dropout rates among international undergraduate students have risen to historically high levels. The report proposes targeted reforms to restore integrity to the student visa program.
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The great NDIS divide: analysing geographic disparities in NDIS participation rates
Research examining official National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participation data to explore how NDIS use varies by geographic areas within Greater Sydney. The report reveals disparities in NDIS participation rates and specific disability rates (across autism, developmental delay, intellectual disability or psychosocial disability) by Local Government Area.
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The great regression: how unions and the Government have changed the rules from accord to central control
The Australian Government has introduced a series of industrial relations (IR) laws that in large part mark a deliberate and systematic shift away from the enterprise-level bargaining model. This report details how the Government’s IR laws are reshaping Australia’s industrial landscape and radically regressing from the workplace reforms of the Hawke and Keating government era.