Politicians need to stop meddling with education policy and invest in teachers if Australia’s science, mathematics and reading standards are to improve.
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Australian government proposals to ban so-called “double dipping” with paid parental leave (PPL) risks scaling back health benefits for women who take time off to care for their babies.
The cynic might argue Theresa May wants to endear herself to the electorate, and what could be more convenient than to bring back a policy which resonates strongly with aspiring middle class parents.
A new report highlights how little we know about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to publicly-funded Indigenous programs. It’s a similar story in other policy areas – but we can do better.
The 2016 post-election report from the Parliamentary Budget Office lacks context and comes too late to inform voters.
One in four people experience a mental health problem in any give year.
Forget the main stage headliners, the real festival heroes might be selling you crocodile burgers and mango smoothies.
Media reporting and policies almost always tend to focus on what is wrong with Indigenous Australians. This is having unintended consequences.
Labor’s policy does, however, fail to commit to long-term funding for universal access to preschool education.
Researchers and policymakers need to talk to each other. If they don’t, important research will merely gather dust and policies might do more harm than good.
PolicyCheck unpacks the detail and history of the Coalition’s proposed dental health care policy.
The US has already tried to save a steel industry, and its undercooked response holds some valuable lessons.
Our feelings of self-worth and contentment are no longer the preserve of writers and artists. Science has made measurement of our well-being a viable alternative to the banalities of economic output.
What Wales needs if it’s to have a separate system and why it needs to do so.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has created a new index for uncertainty in the Australian economy based on news, financial indicators and economic variables.
The innovation report fails to mention the risk of bias for researchers collaborating with industry. We must ensure that researchers maintain their independence.
Would politicians have the courage to stand up to backlash if people with disability use their care money to pay for overseas holidays, sex workers, internet dating, or tickets to sporting events?
Too many new laws in South Africa are poorly thought through at the policy formulation stage. The new Socio-economic Impact Assessment will need rigorously support throughout government to succeed.
South Africa’s lack of a clear policy direction, poor leadership, corruption and electricity supply problems will be the major constraints to its economic growth over the next 20 years.
If there’s to be one committee to rule them all, it needs to be handled right.
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW
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Director of Research and Development, Pivot Professional Learning; and Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney
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ESRC Strategic Adviser on Quantitative Methods Training, University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Deakin Business School and Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Professor of Economics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Emeritus professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, ANU, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of History, Miami University
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PhD Candidate in Social Policy, University of Kent
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Professor & Greenbaum/Ferguson/NJAR Endowed Chair in Real Estate Policy, Monmouth University
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Professor, University of Sydney; RMIT University
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Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University
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Senior Fellow, National Centre for Indigenous Studies, Australian National University