This paper examines the policy implications of areas where classical economic views have been overhauled in recent decades. It points to neglected policy levers for governments, with the potential to significantly boost economic growth and improve outcomes.

How 'bad' public policy happens and what makes for bad public policy are the subject of this report. It identifies five inherent vices of policy – unpreparedness, non-learning, uncertainty, maliciousness, and non-compliance – and outlines a set of management practices that can help inform policy design and curb the worst excesses of bad policy.

A scorecard assessing the effectiveness of government commitments to the charity sector. It captures insights into the sector’s confidence, government policy successes and areas requiring improvement. It reveals significant failures, providing an adverse assessment on the federal government’s failure to ease the burden on organisations that are delivering urgent cost of living help.

This report reviews the original plans and permits for 1000 privately owned apartment buildings to ascertain why combustible cladding was used for external walls. The report reveals widespread misapplication of Victoria’s regulatory requirements for external wall cladding by the key professionals responsible for the design and permitting of buildings.

This report of a 30-day review of the New York Office of Cannabis Management, identifies significant structural limitations to the Office that have affected the agency’s ability to fulfill its mandate to efficiently establish New York State’s cannabis marketplace.