This paper argues that the Commonwealth Government should reconsider any plan to end its university open access policy. Overview After just 18 months of operation, Australia’s radical experiment in uncapping undergraduate university enrolments is under threat. According to its critics – which include the higher education minister and a leading vice-chancellor – it admits academically...

This report examines the fears some Australians have about the potential adverse consequences of the 10-year mining boom.

This report argues that the Commonwealth Government should create 2500 teaching-focused positions in universities as part of a national effort to raise the quality of teaching in higher education. Overview Australia has national debates about the quality of teaching in our schools. We worry about who is recruited to teach, what qualifications they have, and...

This report argues that neither creating more competition among schools nor giving them more autonomy without support to improve learning are the vital solutions that will lift the performance of Australian students. Neither creating more competition among schools nor giving them more autonomy without support to improve learning are the vital solutions that will lift...

The global gas revolution is poised to significantly raise bills for Australian households and some gas-using businesses, but government should resist calls to protect domestic households and businesses from high gas prices. Getting gas right: Australia’s energy challenge finds that development of Australia’s liquefied natural gas export industry, which could be the world’s largest by...