According to this paper, the surge of performative hatred on Australia's streets and university campuses is the predictable harvest of a long-term civic vacuum. By dismantling the historical narrative of common citizenship, educational structures have left young Australians fundamentally unequipped to resist sectarian intimidation. The paper offers a set of recommendations to correct the problem.

Policymakers face a variety of barriers to getting an issue on the agenda. This report focuses on the agenda setting and policy adoption phases of the policymaking lifecycle. It provides policymakers with a practical framework for strategic agenda management, highlighting strategies to increase the likelihood that policies are adopted.

By identifying the forces that have repeatedly undermined tax reform in Australia, this report explores whether a different approach could help Australia move beyond repeated false starts and build a more credible pathway for future change. It finds that reform failure over the last 25 years is rarely attributable to a single factor.

This report finds that gas exports are rapidly depleting Australia’s gas reserves and undermining Australia’s energy security. The report outlines how Australian gas is used. Each year the volume of gas used by Australian gas exporters is equal to around four and half years of domestic gas usage.

This report examines the way in which housing tax concessions are undermining affordability in Australia, by subsidising the removal of homes from the long-term rental market altogether. The report estimates the cost in foregone revenue to the Federal Budget of negative gearing deductions claimed on short-stay investment properties. The report argues that this policy failure...