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Seen to be green? Research reveals how environmental performance shapes public perceptions of our leaders

Vlad Demsar, Swinburne University of Technology; Jason Pallant, Swinburne University of Technology; Melissa A. Wheeler, Swinburne University of Technology; Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology; Sylvia T. Gray, Swinburne University of Technology, and Timothy Colin Bednall, Swinburne University of Technology

Alarmingly for the Morrison government, the public has well and truly registered its lack of action on climate change.
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Pandemic widens gap between government and Australians’ view of education

Melissa A. Wheeler, Swinburne University of Technology; Jason Pallant, Swinburne University of Technology; Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology; Timothy Colin Bednall, Swinburne University of Technology, and Vlad Demsar, Swinburne University of Technology

The way in which Australians think about leadership in the education sector has changed throughout the pandemic. It’s seen as a public good, with ethics and accountability gaining in importance.
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Blunders aside, most Australians believe state premiers have been effective leaders during pandemic

Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology; Jason Pallant, Swinburne University of Technology; Sylvia T. Gray, Swinburne University of Technology; Timothy Colin Bednall, Swinburne University of Technology, and Vlad Demsar, Swinburne University of Technology

New research shows WA Premier Mark McGowan has been rated highest in terms of leadership for the greater good, while Victorian leader Dan Andrews has surprisingly held steady through the second wave.
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How the coronavirus pandemic is (finally) resulting in leadership for the greater good

Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology; Jason Pallant, Swinburne University of Technology; Sylvia T. Gray, Swinburne University of Technology, and Timothy Colin Bednall, Swinburne University of Technology

A new survey reveals that public trust in the federal government’s ability to provide good, effective leadership has skyrocketed since the coronavirus crisis began.
Of the sports examined, netball was ranked highest in terms of overall leadership for the greater good. AAP/Darren England

Best on ground: why Australians think sporting bodies provide strongest leadership for public good

Adam Karg, Swinburne University of Technology; Emma Sherry, Swinburne University of Technology; Jason Pallant, Swinburne University of Technology; Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology; Tim Breitbarth, Swinburne University of Technology, and Timothy Colin Bednall, Swinburne University of Technology

While trust in politics maybe at an all-time low, new research finds that trust in sporting bodies is relatively high.
Most Australians have had enough of the opportunistic point-scoring that characterises politics today and want leaders who put the public interest first. Mick Tsikas/Lukas Coch/AAP

New research shows Australians lack faith in our political parties to provide real leadership

Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology; Jason Pallant, Swinburne University of Technology, and Timothy Colin Bednall, Swinburne University of Technology

According to a new survey, nearly a third of Australians believe the Coalition shows no ‘leadership for the public good’. Labor fared little better.
In a survey of 1,000 Australians, 35.4% agreed banking and financial institutions show ‘no leadership for the greater good’. Shutterstock

One‑third of Australians think banks do nothing for the greater public good

Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology; Jason Pallant, Swinburne University of Technology, and Timothy Colin Bednall, Swinburne University of Technology

More than a third (35.4%) of respondents surveyed by the Australian Leadership Index believe banking and financial institutions show “no leadership for the greater good”.
Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi turned the worst day of their lives into a campaign for meaningful law reform. AAP/The Conversation

Change Agents: Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi on reforming ‘one‑punch’ laws

Andrew Dodd, Swinburne University of Technology and Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology

In this episode of Change Agents, Andrew Dodd speaks with Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi, who lost family members to random acts of violence, on their campaign to reform 'one-punch' laws.
Lucy Haslam and Alex Wodak helped convince the public and politicians that the time for legalised medicinal cannabis had come. AAP/Alan Porritt

Change Agents: Alex Wodak and Lucy Haslam on the push to legalise medicinal cannabis

Andrew Dodd, Swinburne University of Technology and Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology

Change Agents: The push to legalise medicinal cannabis CC BY-NC-SA46.9 MB (download)
In 2016 three Australian states and the Commonwealth passed laws to legalise the growing of medicinal cannabis. It was an extraordinary result for a campaign that struggled for decades to gain traction.
Stuart Morris QC (left) and Leonie Hemingway (formerly Leonie Burke) led the Labor and Liberal governments’ attempts at reforming local government. Andrew Dodd

Change Agents: Stuart Morris and Leonie Hemingway on Australia’s most radical reform of local government

Andrew Dodd, Swinburne University of Technology and Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology

Change Agents: Episode 3 The Conversation, CC BY-ND46.3 MB (download)
In this episode of Change Agents, Andrew Dodd speaks with Stuart Morris and Leonie Hemingway about their successes and failures on the road to reforming Victoria's local government.
Susan Alberti (left) and Debbie Lee were pivotal to the formation of the national women’s AFL competition. Melbourne Football Club

Change Agents: Susan Alberti and Debbie Lee on establishing a national women’s football league

Andrew Dodd, Swinburne University of Technology and Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology

Change Agents: Establishing a national women’s football league The Conversation, CC BY-NC-SA45.9 MB (download)
Andrew Dodd talks to Susan Alberti and Debbie Lee about their fight to overcome prejudice and establish a national women's AFL competition.
‘What’s in it for me?’ is a common question today, but not one that necessarily produces the best answers for collective wellbeing. Shutterstock/iQoncept

Explainer: the greater good and why it matters more than ever

Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology and Mark Manolopoulos, Swinburne University of Technology

The concept of the greater good has made a comeback in Europe in an era of budget austerity, but in Australia too few of us are alive to its meaning – and to its vulnerability.
Australians are losing public confidence that Australia’s leaders can tackle our “wicked problems”. AAP/ Lukas Coch

Australians to our leaders: ‘lift your game and think long term’

John Fien, Swinburne University of Technology and Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology

Recent comments from the Business Council of Australia reflect a shift in the public debate about reform and the national agenda. Specifically, BCA President Catherine Livingstone has called for wide consultation…
Facing wicked problems, can Tony Abbott deliver leadership that is ‘about vision, about people buying in, about empowerment and, most of all, producing useful change’? AAP/Lukas Coch

Leadership: what it is (and isn’t)

Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology and John Fien, Swinburne University of Technology

Despite our familiarity with – and craving for – leadership, its precise meaning is often elusive and resistant to consensual definition. Partly because of this, actions that are adjudged as exemplary…
This election is a serious choice about the type of society we want to become. AAP

Creating space for the leadership Australia needs

Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology

In a recent lecture, Ross Garnaut argued that after decades of prosperity, Australians must now choose between two radically different approaches to our problems. The choice is between a “business as usual…

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