Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO)

Are you: 📚 knowledgeable about high-quality research and how it can be applied to policy? ✍️ an excellent communicator with experience in writing for a government audience? 📈 always looking for ways to innovate and improve? We are making the transition from an essential disseminator of research to translating it so that it is even more accessible and usable for a policymaking audience. We are seeking an Editor, Research to Policy to help us get there. Find out more and apply ➡️ apo.org.au/APO-recruitment We’re an energetic team committed to the same high standards of excellence and integrity that our work with policymakers supports. Sound good? Apply now – applications close 20 January 2025. Know someone perfect for the role? Please tag them in this post! ✨

Explore the most viewed and downloaded Government resources of the past year ➡️ apo.org.au/2024top10Go Government is the most popular subject on Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO) as it covers all aspects of policymaking, service delivery, regulation, government integrity and democracy. The Top Ten is a great example of this diversity.  Congratulations to Kimberlee Weatherall, Paul Henman, Jose-Miguel Bello y Villarino, Rita Matulionyte, Lyndal Sleep, Melanie Trezise and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society on the #1 spot! 🥇 Automated decision-making in New South Wales: mapping and analysis of the use of ADM systems by State and Local governments ➡️ apo.org.au/node/325901 🥈 Ten lessons for public servants from Robodebt ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326702 Richard Mulgan, Susan McKinnon Foundation 🥉 Lived experience in policymaking guide ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326168 Policy Lab UK 🏅 Inquiry into policy and program design and implementation ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328900 @Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit 🏅 The civic health of Australia: a national portrait in 30 charts ➡️ apo.org.au/node/327220 Samuel Wilson, Eddie Kowalski, Vladimir Demsar, Swinburne University of Technology 🏅 Policy fit for the future: the Australian government futures primer ➡️ apo.org.au/node/327699 Will Hartigan, Arthur Horobin, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 🏅 COVID-19 Response Inquiry report ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328838 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 🏅 Evidence informed policy making ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328751 Steven Kennedy, Commonwealth Treasury 🏅 An analysis of the features of successful written submissions to government inquiries ➡️ apo.org.au/node/327924 Adam Delaine, Megan Ferguson, Rachel Bacon, Katherine Cullerton, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 🏅 Policy for the responsible use of AI in government ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328039 Digital Transformation Agency #policyfutures #livedexperience #civichealth #pandemicresponse #robodebt #policymaking #publicpolicy #evidencebased

Explore the most viewed and downloaded First Peoples resources of the past year ➡️ apo.org.au/2024top10FP 2024’s most viewed resource covering First Peoples’ issues was the Productivity Commission’s February Closing the Gap review, which found that governments have largely failed to fulfil their commitments under the National Agreement. #closingthegap is a theme that continues throughout 2024’s First Peoples Top Ten.  🥇Review of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap: study report ➡️ apo.org.au/node/325474 🥈Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status 2023 ➡️ apo.org.au/node/325892 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet 🥉Cultural safety in Australia: discussion paper ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328196 Janine Mohamed, Kathleen Stacey, Catherine Chamberlain, Naomi Priest, Lowitja Institute 🏅Aboriginal-led early support programs for Aboriginal children, young people, families, and communities: a review of the evidence base ➡️ apo.org.au/node/325610 Gamarada Universal Indigenous Resources Pty Ltd, NSW Department of Communities and Justice 🏅Close the gap: voyage to voice, treaty, truth and beyond ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326078 Lowitja Institute, National Close the Gap Alliance Group 🏅Holding on to our future ➡️ apo.org.au/node/327063 Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People 🏅Commonwealth Closing the Gap annual report 2023 and Commonwealth Closing the Gap 2024 implementation plan ➡️ apo.org.au/node/325566 National Indigenous Australians Agency 🏅An anti-racism framework: voices of First Nations peoples ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328898 First Nations Consultations, Australian Human Rights Commission 🏅What works? A qualitative exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing programs that respond to family violence ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326526 Bronwyn Carlson, Madi Day, Terri Farrelly, ANROWS 🏅Missing and murdered First Nations women and children ➡️ apo.org.au/node/327950 Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee #culturalsafety #treaty #voicetoparliament

Explore the most viewed and downloaded Technology resources of 2024  ➡️ apo.org.au/2024top10Te AI has dominated policy discussions and 2024’s Technology Top Ten. There are six resources on the topic, two reports on the social impact of algorithms, and two on the social impacts of technology - how it can be used for good and bad. It’s also great to see a strong presence from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)! We partner with ADM+S to provide a permanent repository of their work ➡️ apo.org.au/adms Congratulations to Fan Y., Jake Goldenfein, Kathy Nickels and ADM+S  on the #1 spot! 🥇GenAI concepts: technical, operational and regulatory terms and concepts for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) ➡️ apo.org.au/node/327400 🥈Making the most of the AI opportunity ➡️ apo.org.au/node/325426 Productivity Commission, Danielle Wood 🥉Building a trauma-informed algorithmic assessment toolkit  ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326724 Suvradip Maitra, Lyndal Sleep, Suzanna Fay, Paul Henman, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society 🏅United against algorithms: a primer on disability-led struggles against algorithmic injustice ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326312 Georgia van Toorn, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, @Data Justice Lab 🏅Safe and responsible AI in Australia: proposals paper for introducing mandatory guardrails for AI in high-risk settings ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328568 Kimberlee Weatherall, Henry Fraser, Dr. Aaron Snoswell, PhD., ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society 🏅Synthetic politics: preparing democracy for Generative AI  ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326166 Ellen Judson, Sarah Fisher, Jeffrey Howard, Beatriz Kira, Demos 🏅Workplace technology-facilitated sexual harassment: perpetration, responses and prevention ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326578 Asher Flynn, Anastasia Powell, Lisa Wheildon, PhD, ANROWS 🏅Guidance on privacy and the use of commercially available AI products ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328726 Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 🏅Voluntary AI safety standard ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328206 Department of Industry, Science and Resources, CSIRO 🏅Building digital and data capabilities for sexual policy and practice stage two report ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328554 Kath Albury, Samantha Mannix, Swinburne University of Technology #genAI #digitalliteracy #digitalequity #algorithms #automation #artificalintelligence

ADM+S publications have been named in the Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO)'s Top Content for 2024! 🏆With our research featured across 5 key areas: Communications, Education, Government, Science, & Technology we're proud to support evidence-based policy & public debate #OpenAccess #ResearchImpact #OpenAccess #EvidenceInformed #ADM https://lnkd.in/gDpSQwPH

We’ve sent our last policy newsletter for the year. This bumper edition contains 21 resources on subjects from the Australian budget, to combatting homelessness, to truth in political advertising. Read it here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g4a5HSEh The first newsletter for 2025 will be a special Summer Edition on 22 January ➡️ apo.org.au/subscribe During the break, we’ll continue to add essential resources to the APO repository. To stay up to date, keep checking back ➡️ apo.org.au/latest We’ll be using this time to catch up on our own reading lists 📚😉 Happy holidays!

Explore the most viewed and downloaded Communications resources of the past year ➡️ apo.org.au/2024top10Co Social media – particularly the impact on children, news and media and the influence of AI were all big themes in this year’s Communications Top Ten. Congratulations to Sora Park, Caroline Fisher, Kieran McGuinness, Jee Young Lee, Kerry McCallum, Xiaolan CAI, Mona Chatskin, F.X. Lilik Dwi Mardjianto, Shengnan Yao and the News & Media Research Centre - Faculty of Arts and Design - University of Canberra on the #1 spot! 🥇Digital news report: Australia 2024 ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326816 🥈Adult media literacy in 2024: Australian attitudes, experiences and needs ➡️ apo.org.au/node/327239 Tanya Notley, Simon Chambers, Sora Park, Michael Dezuanni, Western Sydney University, QUT (Queensland University of Technology), University of Canberra 🥉Open letter regarding proposed social media bans for children ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328608 The Australian Child Rights Taskforce 🏅Review into the Optus outage of 8 November 2023: final report ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326618 Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 🏅Harnessing the feed: social media for mental health information and support ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328581 Camilla Chaudhary, ReachOut Australia 🏅AI and automated decision-making in news and media ➡️ apo.org.au/node/325202 Dang Nguyen, James Meese, Jean Burgess, Julian Thomas, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society 🏅Connecting communities in a digital media era: Australian ethnic community broadcasting in the 21st Century ➡️ apo.org.au/node/325582 Heather Anderson, Susan Forde, Halim Rane, Bronte Alexander, Poppy de Souza, Griffith University 🏅Generating democracy: AI and the coming revolution in political communications ➡️ apo.org.au/node/325365 Alice Dawson, James Ball, Demos 🏅Children’s online safety legislation and regulations: a backgrounder ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328017 Nell Fraser, Australian Parliamentary Library 🏅News industries: funding innovations and futures ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328690 Sora Park, Caroline Fisher, Janet Fulton, Robert Picard, News & Media Research Centre - Faculty of Arts and Design - University of Canberra #socialmediaban #medialiteracy #digitalnews #disinformation #misinformation

🏡 The Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO) plays an important role in bridging research and policy. Delighted our #gender and #housing research features in APO's Top 10 housing & homelessness reads for 2024, along with fabulous studies and researchers including Swinburne University of Technology and Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) colleagues!

Explore the most viewed and downloaded Built Environment resources of the past year  ➡️ apo.org.au/2024top10BE Housing and homelessness dominated the built environment policy discussion this year, with nuclear power and energy costs sneaking into the Number 1 and 5 spots! Congratulations to David Schlissel, Dennis Wamsted, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) on the #1 spot! 🥇 Small modular reactors: still too expensive, too slow and too risky ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326992 🥈 The economics of housing supply: key concepts and issues ➡️ apo.org.au/node/327926 Rachel Ong, Chris Leishman, Parliamentary Research Service 🥉 Gendered housing matters: toward gender-responsive data and policy making ➡️ apo.org.au/node/325560 Professor Wendy Stone, Andrea Sharam, Zoë Goodall, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) 🏅Housing affordability and supply restrictions ➡️ apo.org.au/node/325497 Peter Tulip, Centre for Independent Studies 🏅GenCost 2023-24: final report ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326873, Paul Graham, Jenny Hayward, James Foster, CSIRO 🏅The role of outcomes-based frameworks in social housing provision in Australia ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326804 Cameron Duff, Guy Johnson, Hazel Blunden, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) 🏅Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathways through housing ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328593 Indigenous Business Australia, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), Lanigiroba Consulting 🏅The changing geography of homelessness in Australia (2001–21) and its structural drivers ➡️ apo.org.au/node/328616 Deb Batterham, Margaret Reynolds, Melek Cigdem-Bayram, PhD, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) 🏅National urban policy: consultation draft ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326912 Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 🏅Specialist Disability Accommodation in the social housing sector: policy and practice ➡️ apo.org.au/node/326257 Adam Crowe, Amity James, Gwyneth Peaty, Eleanor Malbon, Katie Ellis, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) #nuclearpower #housingcrisis #housingaffordability #homelessness

In an environment where the challenges of maintaining a strong democracy and social cohesion are being felt, access to timely research and evidence is more essential than ever. If you’re interested in how Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO) is evolving towards research translation, read the latest APO Update. ➡️ lnkd.in/gmxAFH_b In the Update, APO’s director Brigid van Wanrooy outlines our plans for 2025 and highlights her two picks from the #APO_MVPs. 💌 The APO Update is different to our regular Policy Pulse and Policy Weekly newsletters – it’s where we keep you updated on our latest news, activities and musings. Find out more and subscribe ➡️apo.org.au/subscribe