International Women’s Day 2017 Every person can play a part in helping drive better outcomes for women. Through meaningful celebration and targeted bold action, we can all be responsive…
Indigenous Schooling? – Record breaking!
Social progress and the role of public education policy is certainly the long-game. The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows nothing short of what I would describe…
8 versus 3.6 Billion
New estimates show that just eight men own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world. That equates to 8 men versus 3600,000,000 people. It is four years…
Crossed Lines
A looming [and present] challenge for governments in all jurisdictions. 2017 is a genuine tipping-point. Can policy respond? How do we provide Education services equal to [let alone] surpassing previous…
Nothing is average
The concept of “the average” is a curious relic in public policy, yet appears to persist in almost every field, even though the “average” does not exist. Thanks to Anna Diofasi and Nancy…
Mapping the Unthinkable
Indigenous Suicide Rates in Australia Most simply the single largest social policy failure in Australia’s history. A moral, ethical, policy and community failure. The Australian Government funded a…
Global Peace Index 2016
Policy makers, take note. The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), dedicated to developing metrics to analyse peace and to quantify its economic benefits, has created the Global Peace…
Vote Early, Vote Often
The New York Times produced an elegant and extremely compelling visualisation of the recent US primary elections. Only 9% of Americans chose Clinton or Trump as nominees. Interesting results from Pew…
Indigenous Students – Record Enrolments!
Some very good numbers. According to a report on Australian schools released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students…