Report
Skipping a beat: assessing the state of gender inequality in the Australian music industry
As a growing body of research demonstrates, gender inequality is a defining feature of work and careers in the creative industries. Data from around the world shows that simply by virtue of their gender, women experience a marked disadvantage in key creative and leadership roles in film, television, publishing and theatre. The music industry is...
Report
Strength of organisational whistleblowing processes: analysis from Australia
This report presents the first stage of a new measure of the strength of organisational processes for responding to staff wrongdoing concerns, based on responses to the Survey of Organisational Processes and Procedures conducted in 2016 by Whistling While They Work 2.
Report
Demystifying Chinese investment in Australia (May 2017)
KPMG,
This May 2017 report is the latest in a series of Demystifying Chinese Investment in Australia reports, by KPMG and The University of Sydney's China Studies Centre. It analyses Chinese outbound direct investment into Australia in 2016 and includes specialist contributions from Knight Frank, providing data and analysis on real estate transactions and Powell Tate...
Article
Reinventing heritage buildings isn’t new at all – the ancients did it too
In any debate on new construction in our urban centres you are likely to hear phrases like sustainable urban planning, adaptive reuse and recycling heritage – so much so that anyone would be forgiven for thinking that these were modern concerns. However, these principles have a long history in the ancient world. Anywhere permanent materials...
Article
Australian gun laws may seed their own destruction
Of all Australia’s public health initiatives, our gun control laws are perhaps the most widely recognised and cited with pride. Yet they also contain the seed of their own destruction.