Public Policy

Selected public policy research & design.

Economy & Society

• Choosing Opportunity: A Policy Blueprint for a Fairer Australia

  • "A book of ideas aimed at building a stronger, fairer and faster-growing economy –cementing a united and prosperous society" - Australian Federal Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten MP, who launched the report in September, 2016.

  • Read more in The Guardian, and my speech here.

• Wage Theft / Economic Distress - The Impact of Wage Theft on Queensland’s Economy and Workers.

  • Read more in The Brisbane Times.

  • Read the Premier of Queensland’s statement highlighting the findings here.

• The Social Benefits of Economic Ties: The Scope for an Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement (Co-produced with leading UK Think Tank DEMOS)

  • "This report is a timely contribution exploring what a future free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom might look like and what is needed to combat the rise in protectionism and scepticism about free trade.” - Shadow Trade Minister of Australia, Jason Clare. 

  • Read more in The Guardian, in CANZUK International, and at DEMOS

• Trading in Confidence: Improving Australia's Anti-Dumping Framework

  • Read more in ABC News.

• Even Growth: Planning for a Growing Sydney

  • Read more in the Sydney Morning Herald.

• High Risk, Low Reward: The Challenges of Deregulating South Australia's Trading Hours

  • Read more here.

• The Cost of Inaction: The impact of wholesale gas prices on household power bills. 

  • Read more in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Mail and The Guardian.

  • Read my explainer here.

Penalty Rates & Workplace Entitlements

• Impact of the Fair Work Commission's Penalty Rate Cuts

  • Read more in The Sydney Morning Herald.

• An Analysis of the Impact of Penalty Rate Cuts on National Growth Trends  

  • Read more in The Guardian, The Australian, SBS, & listen to my interview for ABC News' Business PM. 

• Guaranteeing Women's Super: How to Close the Gender Gap in Superannuation. 

  • Read more in The Guardian, The Advocate, & The Examiner. 

• Assessing the Impact: The Consequences of Reduced Public Holiday Penalty Rates

  • Read more in The Guardian. 

• Unfair Burden: The Impact of Penalty Rate Reductions on Rural Australia

  • Read more in The Bega District News, The Gladstone Observer, The Illawarra Mercury, the ACTU, the Daily Advertiser, and in this statement by Queensland's Minister of Employment & Industrial Relations. 

Other Projects

• Getting Melbourne Moving: 22 Ideas to Keep Victorians in the Fast Lane

  • Read more in The Age.

• OCHRE Literature Review and Case Study

  • Commissioned by the Government of New South Wales.

• Two Birds, One Stone: Harnessing Community Assets to Improve Transport Connectivity in New South Wales

  • Read more in The Daily Telegraph.

Submissions to Government

• Submission to the Australian Energy Regulator on Evoenergy Regulatory Determination, 2019-2024

• Submission to the Australian Energy Regulator on Ausgrid Regulatory Determination, 2019-2024

  
  

• Submission into the NSW Government Review into the Apprenticeships & Traineeships Act, 2001.

   

• Submission into the Senate Inquiry into the Economic Security of Women in Retirement.