This report is about the challenges facing public interest journalism in Australia and policy responses to its structural decline. It synthesises a roundtable of industry, government and academic participants, identifying priorities including platform regulation, sustainable funding and professional standards. Participants agreed addressing market failure requires evidence‑based policy focused on transparency, long‑term viability and media literacy.

Political deepfakes are AI-generated digital content that depict a politician doing or saying something they did not do or say. This paper outlines the potential adverse impacts of political deepfakes, summarises New South Wales reforms, and examines legislative developments in other jurisdictions. It also discusses other measures that can be used to combat political deepfakes.

This discussion paper examines the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and evidence-informed policymaking, outlining how AI can support problem identification, policy design and implementation. It emphasises that AI augments rather than replaces human judgement, while highlighting its potential to expand the evidence base and support more timely, responsive decision-making in complex health contexts.

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is driving a fundamental shift in capability, allowing systems to autonomously execute end-to-end, multi-step workflows. This report applies a novel, department agnostic perspective on government activities. It provides a clear approach to assess where agentic AI can deliver the greatest public value and what risks must be managed before deployment at...

This report presents findings from the Relational Futures project, an Indigenous led study examining how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encountering and responding to artificial intelligence (AI), including generative systems, automated decision-making tools, and AI companions. It demonstrates that artificial intelligence is not only a technical issue, but a relational, cultural and political...