Smart Cities Expo World Forum combines the power of collocated conference with state-of-the-art expo floor in order to educate people towards smart cities and urban planning technologies, strive for innovation,…
Home(less) in Australia?
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its Estimates of Homelessness based on the 2016 Census. As always, PLACE matters! The ABS defintion of Homelessness is anyone that: is in…
Measuring measurement
What we measure, why we measure it and how we measure it are the foundation stones of reasoned, defensible decision making. Sometimes (increasingly) though, the “IT” changes more quickly than…
When all else fails: HILDA
H.I.L.D.A. Simply one of the key public resources in the world of “alternative facts“. An essential guide to those needing evidence-based details of socio-economic patterns in Australia. The Household, Income…
What Price Uni?
The 2017 Budget announced increases in maximum student contributions for government-supported university students, along with lower income thresholds for repaying student debt. In this Policy Pitch event, co-hosted by the…
CEDA – State of the Nation ’17
State of the Nation is Australia’s premier public policy discussion forum, bringing together decision makers and leaders from government, business, industry and community organisations for an intensive, day-and-a-half of presentations…
A New Renaissance? For whom?
Welcome to the slowest day of the rest of your life… A capital-intensive new renaissance ? Be careful what you wish for… Outstanding conversation led by Paul Colgan @Colgo with…
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…
Budgets Past…
Another week, another Budget due. This time the Australian Federal Budget is due to be handed down tomorrow night, Tuesday May 3rd. The charts below compare Australian Budgets from 1971 until the…