As a ministerial adviser, a lot of your time will be spent helping manage the flow of information to the minister. This guide provides five key steps in dealing with submissions to the minister.

The Household Energy Glossary report seeks to enhance communication within the Australian energy sector, and between the sector and everyday people. It focuses on four key concepts – consumers, concessions, cost, and control – to show that the way we name and describe concepts influences how we understand the challenges associated with them, and envision...

The State of the Environment Report provides a review of Australia’s natural environment every five years to shape strategy, policy and action to influence behaviours and actions taken to prevent further environmental decline in Australia. This evaluation of the report identified 25 recommendations to improve the communication and promotion, accessibility and utility of the report.

This guide introduces Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) for public sector decisions. MCDA blends stakeholder input with quantitative models to evaluate options against competing objectives. Focusing on classic compensatory methods, it helps users assign scores to alternatives, revealing preferred choices through structured, transparent, and evidence-based decision-making processes.

This article argues that our current institutions of government are unable to deliver sustainability because they are tied to narrow economic thinking about value creation.