Australia faces a huge challenge in meeting its target of generating 83% of National Electricity Market (NEM) electricity from renewables by 2031. The authors of this report argue that achieving a net-zero grid, at the lowest cost to consumers, demands technology agnosticism from decision-makers. The more technologies are limited (including nuclear), the more expensive the...

As the gap between rich and poor in Australia widens, multi-generational disadvantage becomes entrenched. This corrodes the very foundations of liberal democracy, and threatens the capacity of government to provide equality of opportunity. This paper presents a liberal perspective of Australia’s productivity slowdown that recognises productivity growth is dependent also on equality of opportunity.

This paper offers policy-makers a blueprint for assessing the true value of native forests. It builds upon the previously published cost-benefit analysis of alternate land uses versus logging in Victoria’s Central Highlands.

This paper provides costed, genuinely implementable policies for parliamentarians to embed in their party platforms. It outlines the need for action and the opportunity available, and also offers a policy blueprint that will set Australia on the path to economic growth in a net-zero world.

Blueprint Institute worked with Per Capita as part of the Evidence-Based Policy Research Project's 2022 iteration. This analysis used the Wiltshire Criteria to assess the evidence base for 20 federal and state bills.