This briefing paper shows the extent to which those who lobby also donate to the major political parties, with some $43.5 million disclosed by the industry since 1998/99.

This policy brief explores both the benefits and risks to young people’s mental health associated with smartphone and social media use, and discusses the ways in which to harness the positive aspects of the digital environment while averting or minimising the potential mental health harms associated with the online world among young Australians.

The author of this paper argues that the digitisation of human discourse is an immense undertaking that will radically reshape humanity and the nature of human thought, unfolding over many decades.

This briefing paper presents data from the Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) concerning experience of justiciable problems and mental distress. The paper outlines how people experiencing higher levels of distress have higher problem prevalence, are more likely to have multiple problems, and their problems last longer.

This paper provides a baseline on the intersection of climate security risks and mis- and disinformation challenges. Beyond this baseline framework, important questions for future inquiry exist about specific climate misinformation risks and how to ensure integrated and effective policy responses.