Vietnam is poised to play a significant role in the Indo-Pacific region’s decarbonisation. Now is the time for Australia to strengthen its strategic relationship with the country, and the broader Southeast Asia region.
Keeping the costs down on EVs is very challenging, but solutions include improving the supply chain and production networks, and outsourcing to contract manufacturers.
Australia’s biggest competitor has massively expanded nickel production, funded by Australia’s biggest customer. What can Australia's nickel industry do to survive?
The pictures men in paid care work are painting of work in the disability sector versus work in aged care are astonishingly different.
School-leavers want flexibility and gig work offers it. But how will that affect the economy?
It was thought that after the pandemic, young people’s outlook for the future might have improved. But the latest Australian Youth Barometer survey shows it’s actually become worse.
In this latest episode of “What Happens Next?”, experts discuss influencer culture and the consequences of one-sided relationships.
Existing research evidence suggests the hegemony of neoliberal measures within Australian welfare policy has resulted in higher, not lower, levels of social and economic injustice.
Season 7 of Monash University’s podcast returns from hiatus with an investigation into food security. How will we feed more people than ever on an ever-warming planet?
While capital skills don’t necessarily translate into job offers for international students, research shows they improve key wellbeing, sustainability, and professional growth aspects.
In the time warp that’s the current state of British politics, another prime minister has gone, but the same party, bereft of ideas, is still in office, clinging to power for its own sake.
There are good reasons for the federal government to abolish the Cashless Debit Card, but what about the BasicsCard?
The Reserve Bank of Australia has delivered a “double-whammy” interest rate rise, and it’s likely there’ll be up to five more to come in 2022.
For employers to feel confident hiring individuals who graduated from their course in the 2020s, they need to be convinced of their job-worthiness.
Does Collingwood, and indeed the AFL, have a problem with women, or is it a case of “boys just being boys”?
Low pay rates, a lack of career structure, supervision and mentoring is putting pressure on the disability workforce, with some NDIS participants not having their most basic care needs met.
The ongoing conflict is going to have a long-term impact on wheat prices, global food supplies and food security in many countries, particularly across Europe and the Middle East.
The Reserve Bank head is optimistic about 2022, in part because COVID has loosened the government’s purse strings.
Australia's a nation largely built on the shoulders of those who came here seeking a better life, but we’re still wrestling with what that means for our modern identity. A new "What Happens Next?" podcast series explores the policies and attitudes shaping society’s approach to immigration.
For refugees and those seeking asylum, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionately negative impact on their ability to find and retain work.
Addiction and problematic drug use is mostly a result of social disadvantage and personal trauma.
Migrants’ skills mismatching results in a $1.25 billion hit to Australia’s economy. Here’s how it happens, and why it’s so hard to tackle.
Completing two degrees at the same time can increase graduates' rate of success in finding full-time work by up to 40%.
A review of vocational training and education in Victoria proposes a restructure that better connects training with economic needs.
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