Policy report
Super solutions: tackling Australia's housing affordability and supply crisis
This report outlines a range of options available to institutional investors seeking to apply their financial resources to helping solve one of Australia’s most intractable problems – the unaffordability and supply of housing.
Policy report
Private gain, public pain
Through a broad overview of what works and what doesn’t and three detailed case studies dealing with aged care, COVID responses and the Victorian roads maintenance sector, this report shows that the Australian experience of privatisation, outsourcing and contracting of essential government services and Public Private Partnerships over three decades has been decidedly mixed.
Policy report
Power state: building the Victoria hydrogen industry
Hydrogen could be a new player in Australia’s clean energy transition. This report outlines some practical steps to fostering a large-scale hydrogen industry in Victoria.
Policy report
Rental nation: a plan for secure housing in Australia
Australians are renting for longer, and often permanently, as home ownership grows out of reach for generations of working and middle-class Australians. Drawing upon local and international housing trends and regulatory frameworks, this report outlines six practical policy recommendations to ensure Australia remains a country where renting privately remains a dignified, secure and just form...
Policy report
Artificial intelligence and the future of work
Governments have a vital role to play to ensure the benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are shared broadly across all sectors of our society. This report outlines a number of recommendations to ensure Australia rightly takes advantage of the opportunities in front of us.