A new report recommends a shift to a more modern “push model” that emphasises proactive release, with reliance on FOI requests as a last option.
The Andrews government has made a decent first step to reduce Victoria’s mountain of debt by $30 billion over the next decade.
If the 2018 election, which produced the so-called “Danslide”, was a disaster for the Liberals, this election amounts to a catastrophe.
This week on Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, a live panel of experts in Australian politics and gender discuss the issues around gender equality and women's safety.
Love him or hate him – and there are plenty in each camp – Daniel Andrews has become one of the most significant state premiers in modern history. This month, he may win yet another term.
The army of Good Samaritans propping up the country’s social and economic fabric is shrinking. But it’s not necessarily a lack of desire to volunteer that’s to blame.
The recent introduction of a private member’s bill to decriminalise drug use has started an important conversation about how our drug laws are harming people, and how we can improve them.
Monash University Architect Shelley Penn AM’s commitment is to enrich society by refining the built environment.
Short-term measures don't address the fundamental systemic issues that lead these vulnerable women into danger.
A key part of the budget's focus on women was a funding boost to help stop domestic violence, but is it enough?
A single centralised institute dedicated to infectious diseases and planning for potential future pandemics wouldn’t work in Australia.
COVID-19 killed off any prospect of a budget surplus in the foreseeable future, but good fiscal management should see us ride out its economic impacts.
Regulatory failure in gambling runs deep, and is a major political problem.
Three privately managed prisons house nearly 40 per cent of Victoria’s prisoner population, but research indicates they're falling short of expectations in key areas.
Putting food on the table is increasingly becoming a middle-class problem for many families.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and PM Scott Morrison pack the 2019 Federal Budget full of goodies as they push towards an election.
As Melbourne's population continues to grow, building more roads isn't the answer to its transport woes.
The Turnbull government's budget has failed to match its expressed desire to take violence against women seriously.
Victoria has been allocated almost $7.8 billion for public transport infrastructure in the federal budget. But what are the long-term solutions?
Thirty skill priority areas will be free from the beginning of 2019 in Victoria. Students will feel the most benefit, but private providers say the policy is not equitable.
The long-touted links to Tullamarine and Monash have again been revived, but questions remain over the plans.
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