Regional visas are a growing part of Australia’s skilled migration system. They are intended to support regional economies and ease pressure on major cities. However this analysis finds many regional visa holders are not in places the public may think of as 'regional'. It concludes that regional policy may not be having its desired effect.

South East Queensland’s (SEQ's) food system spans all processes involved in producing, distributing and consuming food and ingredients. This strategy provides diverse, evidence-based insights into the SEQ food system which inform focus areas for government, industry and local and First Nation partners in integrating food into long-term and event-based strategies across the region.

This report brings together insights from a workshop on shaping the future of Western Australia's (WA's) economy in May 2025. By combining stakeholder perspectives with data-driven modelling and scenario testing, it provides an evidence-based framework to inform policy and investment decisions that will drive skill development, foster innovation and diversify WA's economy for decades to...

Northern Australia is central to the nation’s future. This report reframes northern Australia as a developing economy within a developed nation. Drawing on a detailed analysis of the Northern Territory and extending to northern Queensland and northern Western Australia, the report presents a comprehensive, evidence-based argument for nation-building through targeted investment.

Aggressive geoeconomic interference by Beijing will soon devastate Australia’s smelting and metal refining regions unless the Federal Government acts decisively according to this report. The report finds that China is now spending more on industrial subsidisation than on defence. A loss of refining capacity means an undermining of sovereign capacity.