In 2022, the Australian Government launched an ambitious process to develop the Australian Universities Accord to drive transformative reform of Australia’s higher education system. This report outlines the system architecture for a proposed new funding model predominantly for Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) that enables more students to attend university to meet Australia’s future skills needs.

Academic publishing houses are among the most profitable businesses in the world. They charge exorbitant fees for access to research that the public funds. This paper looks at several changes that could stop public funds from being funnelled to the oligopoly of academic publishers.

The Australian Universities Accord final report contains 47 recommendations for the federal government's consideration, and aims to create a long-term reform plan for the higher education sector to meet Australia’s future skills needs.

This report examines the benefits, both educational and economic, for investing in Australia’s public schools, and proposes how the Commonwealth can address years of political and fiscal neglect.

This report’s primary focus is on the practical - about which policies can most effectively coordinate the supply of student places with two demand forces, those of students for courses and employers for graduates.