This report explores attitudes towards gas network pruning (strategic decommissioning). It focuses on Australian households facing barriers to electrification and finds generally positive attitudes to the idea of repurposing gas pipeline expenditure for local area electrification. The report recommends governments and regulators develop and implement pruning, prioritising fully funded upgrades for low-income households.

Schools across Australia are experiencing significant staffing pressures, with teacher shortages now widely recognised as a systemic and enduring issue. This report examines the lived experiences of teachers during unprecedented shortages, focusing on those who remain in hard-to-staff Australian schools and how systems can better support retention.

Despite the need to reduce gas use in Australia, millions are spent each year on gas networks. This report develops a framework to assess proposals to shrink the gas network through electrification, called strategic decommissioning or network pruning. It proposes changes governments can make to avoid further spending on gas networks.

This report documents a national co-design process to establish a strong, culturally grounded and community-led Youth Voice initiative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. Participants said existing systems too often engage young people in tokenistic or advisory-only ways, without genuine power-sharing or accountability.

This brief examines the Housing First approach for people living with serious mental health issues who are experiencing homelessness. It outlines the evidence base for Housing First, implementation research including lived experience perspectives, scalability considerations, and practical guidelines across systems, community, service, and individual levels for implementing Housing First in the Australian context.