Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO)

At the end of each year, Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO) highlights the most read and influential resources and celebrate them via our Top Content. It’s an insight into the themes, issues and questions that have shaped the year, and we’re excited to tell you 2024’s Top Content is now live! ➡️ lnkd.in/gVsXA7x9 Top Tens capture the most clicked resources in each of our 15 subject areas. Check the Top Tens to find out what our users have viewed and downloaded the most. #APO_MVPs, like This Week’s Top Report, has been curated by APO. The APO team gives a shout out the resources that made an impact on us this year. They didn’t all go viral, but we think they deserve to ➡️ apo.org.au/mvps-2024

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

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! ✨

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

Just released: Truth in political advertising laws: design, operation, effectiveness and recommendations for reform ➡️ apo.org.au/node/329295 by Yee-Fui Ng with support from the Susan McKinnon Foundation Truth in political advertising (TiPA) laws seek to protect the integrity of the electoral process from the growing threat of disinformation. This report argues in favour of expanding TiPA laws, finding they are effective and especially appropriate in the Australian context of compulsory voting.

Just released: Deaths in custody in Australia 2023–24 ➡️ apo.org.au/node/329344 from the Australian Institute of Criminology An examination of the number and nature of deaths in prison, police custody, and youth detention. The report found 104 deaths in 2023–24 (6 fewer than the previous year) and 23% of these were First Nations people. There was one death in youth detention – the first in 14 years. 

We are delighted to announce The McKinnon Prize for Political Leadership has a new Patron, with former Treasurer of Australia, The Hon Josh Frydenberg joining former The Hon. Julia Gillard AC who has been a long-time supporter of the Prize.   We are also pleased to announce The McKinnon Prize Shortlisting Committee and Selection Panel for 2024. Once again, we have brought together a diverse group of former politicians, business figures, journalists, and civil society leaders to decide the awards for outstanding political leadership. https://lnkd.in/g4aigMsY