The authors of this report assert that experience with the few existing small modular reactors (SMRs) that have been built or are under construction shows a repetition of the nuclear industry’s longstanding history - the facilities have been both significantly over budget and have taken much longer to complete than forecast.

This paper explores how housing supply responds to demand and implications for affordability. It draws attention to some commonly overlooked themes and unpacks assumptions about factors that affect housing supply. The paper provides an outlook on current evidence and offers insights into the dynamics of housing supply.

This research seeks to inform improved housing and homelessness responses to gendered housing experiences, and to explicitly broaden the ways to conceptualise and engage with gender in housing policy, research, and data collection and analysis.

This paper describes the large effects of planning restrictions on housing affordability. It then discusses various objections to this finding, and concludes with a discussion of policy options.

Each year, the CSIRO and the Australian Energy Market Operator collaborate with industry stakeholders to update GenCost. This leading economic report estimates the cost of building new electricity generation, storage, and hydrogen production in Australia out to 2050.

This research examines the organisational and resource implications of transitioning from ‘output-based’ to ‘outcomes-based’ funding arrangements for providing social housing in Australia. It explores relevant housing policy contexts, reviewing opportunities and key policy barriers for this reform goal.

This research explores how Indigenous Australians can best be supported to access secure, affordable, and appropriate housing. The insights will inform how Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), and other parties, can address the home ownership dilemma for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Homelessness has grown in the suburbs of Australian capital cities, with more than 60 per cent of those experiencing homelessness at the 2021 Census found in Australia’s capital cities (up from around 48 per cent in 2001). This research investigates the changing geography of homelessness in Australia from 2001 to 2021 and the role of...

The draft National Urban Policy outlines the Australian government’s goals and objectives to enable urban areas to be liveable, equitable, productive, sustainable and resilient. The purpose of this consultation is to seek feedback on how government, industry and community can work together to improve cities and suburbs, both now and for future generations.

This research explores the complex interaction between the Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) program and the social housing sector, including participants’ experience of accessing these homes and the extent to which the homes are equipped with assistive technology.