In-school enabling programs provide a pathway to university for students who lack access to, or do not thrive in the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank system. This report finds these programs are academically rigorous and prepare students for the transition to higher education, mitigating some of the disadvantages students from equity groups typically face.

The report measures how Australia is advancing across six goals spanning a strong economy and a strong social compact to deliver prosperity for all Australians. The central conclusion is direct, long-term prosperity depends on two pillars working together: a strong economy and a strong social compact. It finds that Australia is not moving fast enough.

Australia’s market-sector labour productivity has steadily fallen behind the United States (US) over the past decade. This research note explores the productivity gap and finds that in addition to lower rates of IP investment in Australia, there is also limited diffusion of US knowledge capital to Australian firms and industries.

Snowy 2.0 is the largest committed renewable energy project in Australia in 2026. The audit’s objective was to assess the effectiveness of management in the delivery of Snowy 2.0 in support of achieving value for money. It finds that the delivery of the project is facing delays, cost increases and problems with delivery.

Victorian local government is navigating a rapid but uneven technological transition where individual adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is outpacing organisational response in many councils. The sector has genuine capability emerging at one end of the spectrum and real gaps at the other. This report presents a sector-wide baseline of AI adoption across Victorian local...