Both countries have more and more in common, a fact which should challenge old tropes about difference. Our Centre for Policy Futures Research Fellow Greta Nabbs-Keller reports in the Lowy Institute's 'The Interpreter'.
Scientists are manipulating genes that could solve environmental sustainability and conservation problems in Australia. But governance challenges may be significant and need to be thought through before the science becomes conservation policy.
The program combines the two organisations' strengths to increase the impact of outstanding Churchill Fellows and their findings to guide best practice and policy reform for Australia.
From 1995, Australian governments pursued efficiency benefits arising from significant structural reforms in the Electricity Supply Industry, including corporatisation and regulation of network monopolies, and introduction of competition for generators and for retailers.
The successful use of nanotechnology in agriculture will only be possible with a concerted effort to overcome the challenges posed by policies and regulations that are not yet fit for purpose.
Our first issue of Policy Futures is now available. In this issue we cover emerging technologies and innovations including artificial technology, synthetic biology, nanotechnology and circular economy.