This report sheds light on issues and common practice in the development and implementation of population outcomes and wellbeing frameworks with the overarching aim of informing a prospective population outcomes framework for the Tasmanian State Service (TSS).

There is a rising tide of advocacy for public policy to be made on the basis of ‘subjective wellbeing’. In this paper, the authors argue that the vast majority of the associated policy proposals adopt the same ‘social planner perspective’ that undergirds conventional economic policy analysis.

There is presently a groundswell of enthusiasm and advocacy for 'wellbeing public policy', especially as part of the movement to go 'beyond GDP'. While recognising the merits of this proposal, this paper advocates for a cautious approach, owing to our poor theoretical understanding of both wellbeing and policy applications of it.

Why did Donald Trump win the 2016 Presidential election? Numerous reasons were canvassed in the aftermath of the result. The authors of this report outline some interesting research that reveals some answers.