Moving to a more authentic and comprehensive measure of productivity means recognising that not all value is immediate, monetised or measurable in output per hour terms. This paper outlines some practical, forward-looking approaches to ensure Australia's productivity framework reflects the true value of service-sector investments and supports better policy decisions in a time of transformation.

This paper underlines the impact of climate change on the economy and productivity ahead of the upcoming Australian Government's Economic Reform Roundtable. It finds that climate change and productivity are inextricably linked, concluding that any genuine economic plan for the future would be incomplete without taking into account the impact of climate change.

This paper explores openness in artificial intelligence (AI), including relevant terminology and how different degrees of openness can exist. There is ongoing debate about the risks, benefits and trade-offs of making AI models publicly available. This paper seeks to support policy discussions on how to balance the openness of generative AI foundation models with responsible...

Systems leaders are trusted actors who help many people to collaborate to address wicked policy problems. This article summarises the practical advice to emerge from academic research and offers insights on how to support and engage in systems leadership. Systems leaders are needed to inspire and empower many other actors to produce more transformative change.

This report analyses previous data from jurisdictions that have held citizens’ assemblies, to assess their accuracy and relevance in reflecting and understanding public attitudes. It argues there are fundamental defects in how they work, including the composition of those who take part in them and the group dynamics that occur within them.