The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been undertaking an inquiry into Digital Platform Services since 2020. Matters being considered by the Inquiry include competition in markets for the supply of digital platform services, practices of suppliers of digital platform services which may result in harm and how innovation and technology change may affect...

How best to attract Gen Z to federal technology jobs? To help answer this question, the Volcker Alliance launched LevelUp Gov: a public service marketing contest, to generate new messaging to make government tech jobs attractive to people under 30. This paper provides an overview of the contest design, results and insights from the trial.

This inquiry examined the nature and extent of international digital platforms operated by large overseas-based multinational technology companies—so called ‘Big Tech’— exerting power and influence over markets and public debate, to the detriment of Australian democracy and users.

This report aims to highlight the plethora of environmental claims that are made via social media advertising – a common avenue for consuming advertising of any form. The analysis highlights that regulation and guidance are needed to help achieve a shared understanding of common environmental claims that businesses are making.

In preparing this report, researchers surveyed over 7,500 teenage children in England and Wales about their experiences of violence. The findings paint a highly nuanced picture of the prevalence and severity of violence in children’s lives today.