Measuring What Matters (MWM) is a national wellbeing framework intended to track Australia’s progress that extends beyond purely economic measures. This audit finds the design and implementation of the MWM framework by the Department of the Treasury largely effective. Two recommendations made by the audit to the Department were both accepted.

This paper systematically reviews ex-post empirical studies assessing the effects of climate change mitigation policies on emissions. The findings suggest that most policies effectively reduce emissions, with a median effect of about -5% per year, though with substantial variation across studies.

This report brings together the results of an investigation into how best to measure social and cultural infrastructure. It develops a framework for measuring the assets, facilities and spaces that make up shared social and cultural infrastructure, and considers its practical applications for a range of organisations.

This article reports on the development and testing of a framework for measuring outcomes for the human services sector. The process included action research methods and produced the Community Services Outcomes Tree and a survey measurement tool.

Since 2017, there have been four trials in Social Impact Investing (SII) to test innovative financial models for funding for-purpose organisations and building capacity within the broader SII sector. An evaluation was conducted to review and record what has been achieved and learned through the trial projects and to identify how the Australian Government can...