Organisation

The McKell Institute

Report

Under pressure: Australia’s mental health emergency

This report argues that addressing access to mental healthcare will require substantial, long-term changes to the provision of health services in Australia.
Report

Flexible but fair: the case for extending Portable Leave Entitlements to the NDIS workforce

This report examines the NDIS, and why a novel Portable Entitlements Scheme is a necessary policy intervention.
Report

A decade of wages lost

This report sheds light on the scale and impact of the Australia's nominal wage increases and their recent decline.
Report

Working, learning: better supporting Victorian apprentices on the job

This report argues that the Victorian government must ensure that its entire system of apprenticeship support – from training to incentives to workplace settings – is encouraging more Victorians to begin an apprenticeship, and more importantly, to continue to see out their training until completion.
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The cost of extreme weather

Climate change is driving worsening destructive extreme weather events in a range of different ways around Australia - from more severe bushfire seasons and intense heatwaves to more powerful cyclones, flash flooding and droughts. This report argues that whether insurance is paying for it, or...