This factsheet contains key insights into government spending on external consultants, in particular, departmental compliance with reporting requirements introduced in 2024. It finds sufficient transparency is still lacking in several departments, underscoring the need for stronger oversight and clearer reporting requirements to ensure public funds are used effectively.

South Australia’s Whyalla Steelworks has faced major challenges in recent months. This paper outlines the unique importance of the Whyalla Steelworks, and explains why a significant intervention by policymakers is likely the best choice ahead to ensure the operation is sustained and Australia’s sovereign manufacturing capacity is preserved.

Despite playing a key economic role, intellectual property (IP) industries are not protected or secured to the same degree as government agencies or critical infrastructure. This report examines how various countries have used regulatory, legal, and policy interventions to protect IP-producing entities against cyber-espionage. It encourages policymakers to be more proactive in the defence of...

This research examines how governments and organisations involved in planning and delivering housing use data to assess risks associated with flooding, bushfires and cyclones. It explores ways to use and share data better in order to reduce the impact of disasters.

The cost of cybercrime is often expressed in terms of financial loss. This report argues that in order to invest the necessary resources in prevention and response, harm measurement must be widened to include practical, health, social, financial and legal impacts. The authors put forward a harm index for victims that measures of the relative...