This report makes the case for a sustained commitment to better regulation and harmonisation across Australia. It recommends a new seamless national economy agreement between the Federal Government and states and territories, identifying nine priority areas for reform and key steps to ensure success.

Australian workers are optimistic about artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and the impact it will have in the workplace according to this report that finds most workers believe technology has improved their working lives. The report provides insights on the impact, adoption and concerns related to AI and technology in the workplace.

Conventional productivity measurement frameworks increasingly fall short in recognising emergent drivers of productivity. This paper puts forward an enhanced productivity measurement framework incorporating extra inputs that are both distinct and essential to current and future productivity growth – information and data, care and human services, and artificial intelligence.

This research summary provides an overview of how professional learning can influence and support the use of evidence-based practices in schools and early childhood education and care services, to enhance learning outcomes. It outlines early evidence from a research project on coaching. Coaching is a promising strategy for supporting improvements in teacher practice.

Approaches to regulating artificial intelligence (AI) have turned from discussions around safety, ethics and human rights, into ones around productivity, efficiency and worker outputs. This report is a literature review around current AI productivity claims. It is intended to provide key insights and evidence-based counterpoints to current claims around AI productivity.