The importance of advanced physical and mathematical sciences to the...
This report was commissioned by the Office of the Chief Scientist and the Australian Academy of Science and produced by the Centre for International Economics (CIE). The report combines the expertise...
View ArticleScience found to be a major contributor to the Australian economy
Though it's not widely known or recognised, science directly contributes $145 billion dollars to the national economy each year. The report "The importance of advanced physical and mathematical...
View ArticleAustralia's most polluting power stations pose risks to economy and...
New research from Oxford University has named Australia's most polluting coal fired power stations and warns of the risks they pose to the economy and the environment. The report's author, Ben...
View ArticleSubcritical coal in Australia: risks to investors and implications for...
This paper locates subcritical coal-fired power stations in Australia and identified the ones most at risk of stranding due to their carbon intensity and local environmental impacts. The research shows...
View ArticleTNA guidance on cloud storage and digital preservation
Abstract The use of cloud storage in digital preservation is a rapidly evolving field and this guidance explores how it is developing, emerging options and good practice, together with requirements and...
View ArticleDigital post: business transformation and the future sustainability of...
The financial year 2013-14 has been seen as a turning point for Australia Post. Over the period January to June 2014, Australia Post booked its first ever half-year loss since becoming a government...
View ArticleScientific knowledge and scientific uncertainty in bushfire and flood risk...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Scientific Diversity, Scientific Uncertainty and Risk Mitigation Policy and Planning (RMPP) project aims to investigate the diversity and uncertainty of bushfire and flood...
View ArticleToward a social compact for digital privacy and security
Executive summary The Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG) was established in January 2014 to articulate and advance a strategic vision for the future of Internet governance. In recent...
View ArticleCopyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 submission
Introduction The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) is supportive of effective and proportionate efforts to prevent online piracy. Consumers stand to benefit from a vibrant...
View ArticleOnline privacy and data retention controversy in Australia
Australian government recently passed a bill on a new data retention plan that obliges telecommunications providers to keep customers' communications metadata for two years in order to provide national...
View ArticleA smart move: future-proofing Australia’s workforce by growing skills in...
While technology and innovation are transforming Australia's economy, they are also the solution to the country's workforce and growth challenge, argues this report. Overview After a sustained period...
View ArticleBudget bubble
Summary An interactive word cloud, drawn together based on conversations taking place on Twitter right now.
View ArticleData to inform policy
The ACER Centre for Global Education Monitoring supports the monitoring of educational outcomes worldwide. Ray Adams explains how the Centre’s systematic and strategic collection of data on educational...
View ArticleCybercrime repository
The cybercrime repository is a central data repository of cybercrime laws and lessons learned for the purposes of facilitating the continued assessment of needs and criminal justice capabilities and...
View ArticleBig deals in the knowledge business: how scholarly publishing divides academia
Rear Vision explores why the world of scholarly communication has become so divided over the control, access and cost of knowledge. The outsourcing of the production of the Medical journal of Australia...
View ArticleElsevier clashes with researchers over open access publishing for academic texts
Academic publishing is a multi-million dollar business dominated by just a few major publishing houses. Many academics and open access advocates believe that’s unfair—publishers simply take...
View ArticleLessons that matter: what should we learn from Asia's school systems?
Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Shanghai have some of the world's highest ranked education systems - so why are they undergoing drastic reform? In this report, Mitchell Professorial Fellow Yong Zhao...
View ArticleAgribusiness reality check
World demand for food is booming but Australia's participation in that growth is not inevitable. The Australian Farm Institute warns we need to bust some myths about the nation's relative...
View ArticleBut where are the jobs?
Employment in Australia seems to be disappearing—and yet Australians are expected to work both more productively and for longer. This raises the question: where will all the jobs come from?...
View ArticleSurvey of Employers in two LGAs in Southwestern Sydney 2013-2014
This is a report on the responses of 82 employers in Campbelltown, Fairfield, Narellan, Camden and Smeaton Grange, to a 2013-2014 survey designed to gather employers’ views of their skilled labour...
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