The university sector is in a governance crisis, fuelled by its lack of accountability to staff, students, federal or state governments. This paper explores international models and presents seven recommendations to fix university governance and create an equitable university sector that treats education as a public service.

This paper reports that universities spend substantial sums on consultants, advertising, and travel. It argues that reducing these expenses could have prevented the cuts that some of these universities have made to their staff and courses in recent years.

Where journalists live has implications for the public and for the health of democracy. This paper identifies in which electorates Australia’s journalists live and whether these electorates are inner-metropolitan, outer-metropolitan, provincial or rural. It finds that more journalists live in electorates classified as inner-metropolitan than outer-metropolitan, provincial and rural electorates combined.

This factsheet identifies six key reforms to redress the unfairness created by the Commonwealth’s new political finance laws, and make real progress on combatting the influence of vested interests on the exercise of public power.

Australians start gambling in large numbers well before they are old enough to legally gamble. This paper reveals that Australian teenagers are more likely to gamble than to play any of the most popular sports in their age group. The paper shows the need for stronger regulations to reduce the harm caused by gambling.