Government inquiries present a policy window for advocates to influence policy. This article identifies, consolidates and presents a list of features that advocates should consider when writing submissions to government inquiry.

Report 22 of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program collected for up to 7 days in both December 2023 and February 2024. Alcohol and nicotine were the highest consumed drugs in all states and territories in December 2023, followed by cannabis and methylamphetamine. The scale of drug consumption for the remaining drugs varied by state...

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training inquiring into the rapid development and uptake of automated decision-making and machine learning techniques in the workplace. This submission takes a bigger picture perspective of technological change within organisations that rises above these current concerns.

Churchill Fellows represent Australians from all walks of life and, in sharing insights gained from research into and first-hand experiences of international practices, they offer unique perspectives of value for Australian policymakers. This third edition of Policy Futures showcases the best of the Churchill Fellows’ ideas, and provides targeted and relevant policy advice.

Building on work in social services on trauma-informed practice, the research behind this report identified key principles and a practical framework that framed AI design, development and deployment as a reflective, constructive exercise that results in algorithmic supported services to be cognisant and inclusive of the diversity of human experience, particularly those who have experienced...