This report presents a practice-based framework for inclusive artificial intelligence (AI). It highlights the critical capabilities – knowledge, skills and literacies – needed to achieve inclusion, emphasising translation, adaptation and grounding in community contexts beyond technical fixes. Partner-led projects and intermediaries are essential in bridging AI development with community needs.

Family members are undeniably important to the lives of people with acquired brain injury (ABI). This study sought to understand the experience of family members of people with severe ABI, based in Australia, as they support their loved one to commence community and social participation during inpatient rehabilitation and transition to the community.

This report brings together key insights from a two-day, in-person urban live-action role-play event held in Carlton, Melbourne, designed to explore how neighbourhoods and communities might collectively imagine regenerative futures. Findings reveal that immersive play serves as a powerful modality for collective future-building.

Volunteers provide essential support for Australia’s emergency response system during bushfires, floods, cyclones and other disasters. This report looks at evidence on boosting volunteer engagement by improving the incentives, training and recognition available for volunteers. It explores the complexities of establishing a national volunteer body able to assist in the response to natural disasters.

In 2025, national and global events have placed pressure on Australian society. This report looks at what impact this has had on Australia's social cohesion, measured across five key areas. Despite the continuing national and global challenges of recent years, most of the indicators of social cohesion have been stable in the last two years.