Policy School
Join The Australia Institute’s Policy School, a series designed to equip policymakers, campaigners, NGOs, and public servants with the tools to advocate for change.
Learn from experts about key public policy issues, persuasive messaging, and effective communication strategies to help create a fairer, more sustainable society.
August 2026
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Policy School – What makes you feel like you’re losing in this economy?
For more than 40 years, governments and the media, besotted with neoliberalism, have spruiked the need for greater company profits rather than stronger wage growth and household income. This has driven the push for a smaller government with lower taxes, less government spending and more vital services being delivered private-for profit companies. In boom times
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No Safe Seats: What does the declining major party vote mean for Australian elections?
Join the Australia Institute's Policy School to learn from experts about key public policy issues and gain tools to effectively advocate for change.
Gas: How to counter the biggest players in town
Join the Australia Institute's Policy School to learn from experts about key public policy issues and gain tools to effectively advocate for change.
How parliaments share power when no single party has majority control
Join the Australia Institute's Policy School to learn from experts about key public policy issues and gain tools to effectively advocate for change.
Australia is a low taxing nation and it costs us with Greg Jericho
Join the Australia Institute's Policy School to learn from experts about key public policy issues and gain tools to effectively advocate for change.