Food insecurity in Australia has reached a critical point, with almost half of low-income households facing food insecurity in 2024. This report explores the current hunger situation in Australia, finding that although outcomes have improved for high and middle-income earners low-income households are worse off than ever.

Focusing on the experiences and perspectives of Australians who live and work outside major metropolitan areas, this interim report looks at the trends shaping the labour market from a workforce and skills perspective in regional, rural and remote Australia. Feedback on this interim report will help shape the research agenda underpinning the Regional, rural and...

This report analyses the various approaches being pursued to address the risks associated with “synthetic” content – material produced by generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools. As more people use generative AI to create synthetic content, civil society, media, and lawmakers are paying greater attention to some of the risks—such as disinformation, fraud, and abuse.

This paper explores how the energy transition, emerging energy technologies, products, and services, and changing societal expectations are challenging the market structures and competitive market model of regulation for the NSW electricity sector operating within the National Electricity Market. The rise of modern energy regulatory principles most likely to affect NSW is examined to understand...

Education policy can either worsen or offset social disadvantages. It can bridge or widen gaps, and it can drive or impede social mobility. With a focus on equitable, needs-based funding, this report argues for increased investment in public education as the key to reversing Queensland’s declining education outcomes.