One of the biggest developments in book culture in the 21st century has been the rise of audiobooks. Based on a survey of Australian audiobook consumption in October 2025, this report provides a sense of the shape, size and significance of audiobook reading in Australia, both as a market and as a distinctive community.

This report consolidates independent analysis with respect to Australian National University's (ANU’s) financial management. In October 2024, the ANU commenced implementation of Renew ANU, to restructure the university and reduce the operating budget. The report found that the Renew ANU savings target was approved without sufficient understanding of the problem, the options available or implementation...

The aim of the NDIS Alternative Commissioning Pilots in remote and First Nations communities was to co-design, implement and evaluate place-based, community-driven alternative commissioning models in partnership with communities. This report contains the findings of the evaluation to support the future development and scaling up of alternative commissioning. It makes 10 overall recommendations.

Australia's civic participation is declining but across our lives we are active in different ways. This report summarises a forum to test the practical value of a civic life journey framework, looking at how policies could approach civic life from a life course perspective.

Governments, academics and communities have defined social cohesion through multiple, overlapping lenses. This paper aims to identify tensions in current definitional frameworks. It seeks to inform policy discussions on how to operationalise social cohesion as part of a wider system approach. The paper summarises four international case studies and measurement approaches, including Australia.