In Australia, residential buildings account for 11% of greenhouse gas emissions. This report presents the findings of a 2023 survey to understand how Australians handle the decision to make a home energy upgrade. Understanding the capabilities, opportunities and motivations driving home energy upgrade decisions is the first step in identifying ways to increase uptake.

This report investigated whether the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and Services Australia cancelled job seekers’ income support in a lawful manner by using automated processes and the safeguards they established to ensure future cancellation decisions are lawful, fair and reasonable. It found that the agencies’ cancellation of income support was not lawful and...

Parliamentary scrutiny of proposals, including their consequences and trade-offs, is an important contributor to better policy outcomes. Australia’s Impact Analysis (IA) framework is designed to support this process. This policy brief outlines what an IA is, the standard process for an IA, determining if it's needed and the Office of Impact Analysis quality assessment.

A practical guide to contemporary good practice in public policy development in Australia comprising two parts: policymaking checklist and policymaking guidance. This guide is a practical tool – to be used rather than studied – and is particularly aimed at supporting practitioners who are newish to the policymaking process.

An external report into Creative Australia's governance, decision-making and risk management processes in relation to Australia’s participation in the 2026 Venice Biennale. The review examined whether the processes and governance practices that supported critical decisions were adequate, and how those processes and practices might be improved in future. It provides nine recommendations.