This report examines funding and resourcing for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. The report sets out how, CSIRO’s research, including in partnership with industry, helps foster innovation and technological advancement. It makes recommendations in relation to the management and impact of recent and proposed job losses and program cuts.

The report assesses the implementation of suggestions made in a 2020 investigation into the Administration of National Disability Insurance Scheme funded assistive technology and assess whether the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has implemented the accepted recommendations. It found that the NDIA has now implemented each of the 12 recommendations it accepted.

This report analyses how Australia can translate its strategic focus on the north into operational capability and sustained defence outcomes. It argues for treating the north as an integrated operating system capable of generating, sustaining and scaling combat power. The report highlights key constraints and the need for stronger alignment across defence, government and industry.

This report explores the concept of stack thinking, which reframes how complex systems can be organised. Instead of organising around departments, systems are organised around functions and layers. Applied to government, stack thinking suggests a different model of institutional design.

This resource supports practitioners working with LGBTQ+ young people with disability by explaining intersectionality, evidence on key challenges, and practical ways to improve wellbeing. It highlights the impacts of discrimination, heterosexism and ableism, barriers to accessing inclusive services, and the importance of safe, accessible, person‑centred practice across services.