Public acceptability is an essential condition for the successful implementation of needed reforms. The report proposes a new framework for analysing the public acceptability of inequality-reducing policies. It outlines a new instrument to support policymakers: the Public Acceptability Tool, including a set of complementary tools that can help adapt and tailor the general framework.

An examination of vocational education and training (VET) teachers’ understanding of how people learn, and how they cater to the learning needs and preferences of their students across a range of different contexts. The research finds most VET teachers use a similar overarching strategy in their teaching and identifies three areas of focus promoting the...

In response to terms of reference endorsed by the Attorney-General, the Family Law Council considered options and avenues for making the family law system more accessible and equitable for separating families. The report makes 29 recommendations for legislative reform, in particular, to alternative dispute options, greater utilisation of technology, and program reforms to the legal...

This report pulls together profiles on the major subscription and broadcaster video-on-demand services operating in Australia and notes the streaming platforms that have failed. It also shares insights from industry insiders that consider the deeper implications, opportunities and challenges of streaming on key local genres and formats.

Rooftop solar has been lauded by energy market bodies, policymakers, the media and environmental groups as a great way to lower bills, help the environment and help the grid. While rooftop solar may have lowered bills for homeowners able to install it, this paper posits that it has done so by increasing bills for everyone...