In 2021, Australian gas producer Santos unveiled ambitious plans to turn the near depleted Bayu-Undan gas field in the Timor Sea into a carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility. In the three years since, Santos has yet to disclose the costs or provide technical details on the world’s largest CCS venture proposal. The project also...

This paper explores how the energy transition, emerging energy technologies, products, and services, and changing societal expectations are challenging the market structures and competitive market model of regulation for the NSW electricity sector operating within the National Electricity Market. The rise of modern energy regulatory principles most likely to affect NSW is examined to understand...

Homelessness has grown in the suburbs of Australian capital cities, with more than 60 per cent of those experiencing homelessness at the 2021 Census found in Australia’s capital cities (up from around 48 per cent in 2001). This research investigates the changing geography of homelessness in Australia from 2001 to 2021 and the role of...

This research explores how Indigenous Australians can best be supported to access secure, affordable, and appropriate housing. The insights will inform how Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), and other parties, can address the home ownership dilemma for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

This research paper provides an overview of the system of laws, regulations and bodies designed to protect Victoria’s historic buildings, landscapes, and culturally significant places. Maps of local government areas showing the concentration of heritage overlays within each LGA are also included.