This longitudinal survey provides comprehensive findings about young Australians’ news attitudes, practices and experiences. The 2023 survey analysis shows that news plays an important role in young people’s everyday lives and most young people get news from diverse sources.

This report is part of a long-running international survey coordinated by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. The report delivers comparative data on media usage in 46 countries and across 6 continents. In an increasingly digitalised news environment, Australian news consumers report an overall positive experience of engaging with news online or on...

The Mapping the Digital Gap project, established through the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S), in partnership with Telstra in 2021, is the first comprehensive study of remote First Nations communities’ participation in, and access to, the digital economy. This report provides an update on the research conducted to date.

This report presents the case for reform to Australia’s incarceration policies by presenting the costs of the criminal justice system in Australia; investigating who is in the system and why; analysing the reasons behind the changing crime scene; and suggesting directions toward an improved system.

This report draws on post-separation lived experience to demonstrate the ways that the Australian Child Support Scheme can be used and abused to jeopardise the financial safety of recipient parents and their children.

This paper aims to define the link between intergenerational trauma and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ mental health and to identify current best-practice policies and programs to address this issue.

The aim of this study is to understand the distribution of social health across the Australian population and examine the relationships between loneliness and social isolation and community knowledge, stigma, physical and mental health, health service utilisation, quality of life, and work productivity.

This paper focuses on governance mechanisms to ensure AI is used safely and responsibly. These mechanisms can include regulations, standards, tools, frameworks, principles and business practices. It aims to identify potential gaps in the existing domestic governance landscape and any possible additional AI governance mechanisms to support the development and adoption of AI. Feedback on...

This report details the full findings of the world’s largest four-day working week trial to date, comprising 61 companies and around 2,900 workers, that took place in the UK from June to December 2022.

Digital inclusion is about ensuring that all Australians can access and use digital technologies effectively. The Australian Digital Inclusion Index (ADII) uses survey data to measure digital inclusion across three dimensions of Access, Affordability and Digital Ability. The 2023 ADII continues the longstanding reporting of digital inclusion through these three measures.