The inaugural 2024 Purpose of Government Pulse, conducted by the Centre for Policy Development through eight rounds of polling from 2015 to December 2023, explores Australian attitudes towards government, democracy and public capability.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a profound influence on the way people communicate – a change which has accelerated with the advent of new forms of generative AI. This research investigates the implications of this for public discourse, trust and democracy.

This policy brief defines digital authoritarianism and its practices, then cites case studies as an exploration of the relationship between national regulations and digital authoritarian practices.

This report looks at how power and influence are distributed unequally across British society. It argues that the next wave of democratic reform should be guided by the principle of political equality.

This report investigates the barriers to implementing and sustaining the use of democratic innovations, and how these can be addressed by policy-makers and funders.