Evaluation
Future Directions evaluation: final reports for the strategy and program evaluations
This report outlines the findings of outcome, economic and implementation evaluations of the Future Directions social housing programs. It finds more housing provision and better tenant experience, but less evidence of progress towards reducing reliance on social housing.
Report
Islamophobia in Australia: report V
This report discusses data on cases of Islamophobia captured in the Islamophobia Register Australia during the 2023-2024 reporting period. It finds more than 2.5 times the number of in-person incidents and more than three times the number of online incidents compared to any other reporting period since the Register commenced in 2014.
Report
Truth in political advertising laws: design, operation, effectiveness and recommendations for reform
Truth in political advertising laws seek to protect the integrity of the electoral process from the growing threat of disinformation. This report argues in favour of expanding the laws, finding they are effective and especially appropriate in the Australian context of compulsory voting.
Report
Household energy glossary
The Household Energy Glossary report seeks to enhance communication within the Australian energy sector, and between the sector and everyday people. It focuses on four key concepts – consumers, concessions, cost, and control – to show that the way we name and describe concepts influences how we understand the challenges associated with them, and envision...
Research Summary
Workforce health in Australia
This snapshot of workforce health in Australia uses existing data to construct an evidence-base on modern worker wellbeing. It finds workplaces in which pain, psychological distress, mental health disorders and lost working time are common, concluding that better monitoring is needed to improve understanding of the challenges in this area.