This report examines how Western Australia (WA) can capitalise on emerging opportunities affecting the resources sector, while at the same time mitigating risks. It explores the contribution that WA’s resources sector makes to the economy, the structural forces reshaping its future and the policy choices available to strengthen resilience and secure long-term value.

This guide is the 2026 update to the Magenta Book, the United Kingdom Government’s central guidance on evaluation. It provides guidance on scoping, design, conduct, use and dissemination as well as the capabilities required of government evaluators. The revised guide introduces several new and significantly expanded areas of focus to support high-quality evaluation across government.

The politics of artificial intelligence (AI) is set to drastically change in 2026 as recent technical breakthroughs are implemented across the economy. This report draws reflections from work on AI policy and highlights next steps, with recommendations for governments seeking to demonstrate that they are intervening ambitiously in their citizens’ interests.

This working paper advances a market-shaping theory of the public sector to address one of the most persistent tensions in public administration: how governments can be both stable and agile, while also steering complex socio-technical transformations. It argues that prevailing approaches centred on market failure correction, efficiency and managerial reform remain insufficient for guiding transitions.

A review into the Australian Government Single Seller Arrangements (SSAs) from 2019 to 2024. The review reaffirmed these contracting frameworks are fit for purpose and remain an effective way for government to leverage its collective buying power to provide value for money. The SSAs are pre-negotiated, whole of Australian Government technology agreements with specified sellers.