Overview: In the past 15 years, there have been five major national reviews of higher education with a primary focus on financing, so why is there still a political impasse over higher education reform? In the latest Mitchell Institute discussion paper, Mitchell Professorial Fellow Peter Noonan seeks to contribute to the development of a long...

This paper summarises the evidence that confirms chronic diseases cause considerable harm to individuals and their families.

The burden of chronic disease in Australia threatens to overwhelm the health budget, the capacity of health services and the health workforce. Much of that burden is preventable through effective, evidence‐based changes to policy. This is a background paper for the Mitchell Institute November 2014 policy forum Chronic diseases in Australia: The case for changing...

Education and training is a continuum, from early childhood, through schooling, to tertiary study and training. Yet our public policy and funding settings continue to reflect a piecemeal approach. This analysis and background paper shows that Australian governments are prioritising their investment in some aspects of education over others - with schools and universities the...

Early childhood is acknowledged as the most crucial developmental period in a person’s life; it creates a foundation for the later years and offers a critical opportunity to establish good health and learning outcomes for a lifetime. As part of our broader focus on chronic disease prevention policy, the Mitchell Institute is looking at the...