Federal government
Survey Report
Building trust to reinforce democracy: main findings from the 2021 OECD Survey on Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions
What drives trust in government? This report presents the main findings of the first OECD cross-national survey on trust in government and public institutions, representing over 50,000 responses across 22 OECD countries.
Discussion paper
Looking beyond Indigenous service delivery: the societal purpose of urban First Nations organisations
This paper analyses the quantitative findings of a three-year mixed-method research project developed in partnership with six urban First Nations organisations in New South Wales.
Position paper
Designing the National Integrity Commission: critical design details
This position paper outlines what the Centre for Public Integrity believes are the essential elements that should form the design of a National Integrity Commission for Australia.
Report
Permanent and political: an analysis of federal government spending post-pandemic
This paper argues that while an increase in Commonwealth spending is not itself evidence of a problem, the fact that the Morrison Government has failed to deliver on its commitment to rely only on temporary increases in expenditure creates several economic and democratic problems.
Report
The 2022 Australian federal election: themes, challenges and issues
This publication has two key aims. First, it seeks to underline the issues which are dominating this year's campaign, as well as those issues which have generally attracted less attention by the parties and media. Second, it aims to showcase the strength of Monash University’s emerging scholars, in addition to the expertise of its more...