Australia should trial multi-school organisations to give schools a better chance of improving student performance, according to this Grattan Institute report.

A fundamental promise of an education system is that almost every child who goes to school will learn how to read. This report outlines evidence showing about one in three Australian school students are not mastering the reading skills they need.

Hydrogen can help Australia hit net-zero carbon emissions. This report calls on the Australian government to promote hydrogen use in the production of ammonia, alumina and iron.

Vaccination rates have plummeted since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report argues that Australia urgently needs a policy reset to save lives and take pressure off hospitals.

Many councils do not have a realistic way of raising the money they need to keep their roads in good condition, especially rural and remote councils. This report recommends that the federal government stop favouring densely populated states with its funding arrangements, and cut back the share of the funding pool that goes to the...