The report draws on insights of successfully implemented child and youth wellbeing strategies – offering lessons to strengthen policy and ensure more effective approaches to improve wellbeing in children and young people. It identifies three key ways that strategies have improved government ways of working and offers three recommendations for how government policy can enhance...

An exploration of Australia’s population dynamics following the COVID‑19 pandemic. Australia’s population is projected to grow from 27.1 million people in 2024 to 31.3 million people by 2034–35. Net overseas migration peaked in 2022–23 and is declining.

A report into the institutional structures, governance, regulation, functions and operation of the Australian energy market provides 22 recommendations. The report finds that planning and policy frameworks have not kept pace with extensive changes in the energy market and the need for reform is obvious.

This whole-of-system regulatory review included consideration of the effectiveness of regulation as an accountability mechanism for public, community and affordable housing tenants, and the community. The review also considered how the regulatory system can best support social and affordable housing growth and transformation over the coming decades. The findings and recommendations in this final report...

This latest review of the National Electricity Market (NEM) performance evaluates current market dynamics, competitive conditions and structural changes and offers insights into the evolving NEM landscape. The report provides recommendations to inform new market design and support policymakers to deliver an effective energy transition, assessing areas of the market that may benefit from policy...