Australia needs to fundamentally reframe its policy approach. Ad hoc and set-and-forget approaches to policy will not deliver what we need in the future.

The present social and political contexts are such that a population policy is likely for the first time in the country’s recent history. The government has indeed signalled a population policy (focused on migrant settlement) will be put forward with haste. Yet exactly what constitutes an appropriate population policy for contemporary Australia is still yet...

Population growth has profound impacts on Australian life, and sorting myths from facts can be difficult., writes Liz Allen.

Executive summary This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management. The review was chaired by Professor James Wilsdon, supported by an independent and multidisciplinary group of experts in scientometrics, research funding, research policy, publishing, university management and administration. Scope of the review