The Evolve program aims to transition three (former) Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) into jobs-focused social enterprises through consulting and funding. To date, this Australian pilot program has highlighted the tensions between establishing viable business models alongside a focus on social purpose.

Despite discussion about the benefits of indexing tax brackets to the rate of inflation, this paper shows Australians have been better off without the solution to ‘bracket creep’. The analysis reveals that if the Howard Government had introduced the current Liberal policy of indexing tax brackets to inflation, Australians would be paying significantly more tax...

This summary synthesises evidence on employment participation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability. Positive outcomes are linked to Indigenous-led, culturally safe, relational and flexible services aligned with community realities. Barriers stem from culturally unsafe, rigid systems rather than capability. It focuses on the conditions that make employment, education and training pathways more...

Sovereign capability means controlling the inputs that are fundamental to the functioning of an economy. This report recommends the establishment of Sovereign Power, a Commonwealth entity to build and own firmed renewable regeneration, offering long-term power purchase agreements to Australia’s strategic industrial facilities. It finds control over electricity for heavy manufacturing is the big gap.

This report synthesises evidence on employment participation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability. Positive outcomes are linked to Indigenous-led, culturally safe, relational and flexible services aligned with community realities. Barriers stem from culturally unsafe, rigid systems rather than capability. It focuses on the conditions that make employment, education and training pathways more...