This note analyses the significance of student debt as part of the cost-of-living crisis, the current Job-ready Graduates package and HECS-HELP debts, and the need for policy reform to support younger generations and reduce intergenerational inequity. It summarises what the major parties are promising to address student debt ahead of the 2025 federal election.

This position paper identifies the 12 priorities of a Coalition Government for the 2025 Australian federal election. It covers issues including the cost of living, the economy and small business, affordable housing, energy, public safety and immigration.

An assessment of the track records and promises of the major parties and key cross-benchers in relation to climate policy. The report concludes that the Labor Party has a credible plan to cut climate pollution, while the Federal Coalition is proposing policies that will worsen climate impacts.

Proposed changes to Australian electoral law would make elections less fair and substantially more expensive, according to this analysis of the Electoral Reform Bill. This paper finds that the Bill, which includes measures such as capping political spending and increasing transparency around donations, would disproportionately benefit established parties.

This primer responds to South Australia's proposed Electoral (Accountability and Integrity) Amendment Bill, concerning political donations and public funding of political parties. It argues that while the Bill claims to ban donations, it introduces several loopholes and ultimately increases public funding significantly, disproportionately benefiting major parties.