The playbook aims to support government teams embarking on test-and-learn projects. It explains how to build and run public policies and services using a test-and-learn approach, setting out a wide range of methodologies for each stage of the innovation cycle. It’s intended as a practical resource for teams to design and test solutions in an...

This report outlines five key lessons of the value and usefulness of the Statement of Public Interest (SPI), introduced in the NSW Parliament in 2022 as a mechanism to support high quality and evidence-based legislative policymaking processes. It also makes six associated recommendations to overcome identified challenges to the SPI delivering on its objectives.

Australia’s social cohesion is being tested by domestic and global challenges. This paper provides a resource for people and organisations looking for policy initiatives that can bring and keep people together through arts and culture. It combines research insights with an analysis of Australian and international policies that are leveraging cultural and creative engagement to...

Randomised trials are a powerful tool for estimating the ‘causal effects’ of a program or policy. This report takes stock of the published randomised policy trials that have been conducted in Australia, examines the ethics and cultural appropriateness of randomised trials, and discusses future directions for randomised policy trials in Australia.

A compendium of 14 recent studies exploring topics including Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system; family, domestic and sexual violence; online sexual exploitation of children; transnational serious and organised crime; and violent extremism. The themes explored reflect a focus on reducing crime and promoting justice by improving evidence-based policymaking.