This report explores the gap between academic research and industry needs in the news media. It shares insights from a roundtable where media stakeholders identified key challenges and research priorities to strengthen collaboration and better align research with newsroom realities and long-term sustainability.

This report examines the extent to which fossil fuel companies are involved in Australian universities, positing that this involvement compromises the integrity of those universities’ research and undermines their independence, impartiality and credibility. It argues that universities should cut ties with fossil fuel companies to protect their independence, as they have ended relationships with tobacco...

This report presents key insights and strategies for government, research institutes, investors and businesses to revitalise the Australian innovation landscape. With these strategies in mind, the report proposes four broad recommendations requiring coordinated action from all stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem.

An independent panel is leading a strategic examination of Australia’s research and development (R&D) system to explore how more home-grown ideas, research and translation can be encouraged. This discussion paper has been developed to support advice and inform potential strategies to optimise Australia’s R&D system.

A mid-term evaluation of the Access to World Leading Astronomy Infrastructure (AWLAI) program which created a strategic partnership with the European Southern Observatory and transferred the Anglo-Australian Telescope to domestic research. Using desktop review, citation analysis and cost-benefit analysis, the evaluation found that the partnership successfully increased facility access, international collaboration and scientific output with...