The Institute has today launched The Policymaker, a new digital publication for policymakers across Australia, profiling policy innovations and new insights on significant and hard policy challenges.
From public health to education reform and the circular economy, The Policymaker covers a wide spectrum of contemporary issues. To tackle these challenges, contributing authors present new, practical, insights drawn from their expertise or experience.
CEO Libby Hackett said that what sets The Policymaker apart is a focus on solutions. “We want to support our high-calibre policymakers in NSW and across Australia; by showcasing smart and constructive policy ideas we hope to spark productive and thoughtful democratic debate.”
Whilst critical analysis has its place, “The Policymaker is forward-looking, creating space for new ideas and new policy options that serve the common good.” Hackett said.
Dr Vafa Ghazavi said the publication doesn’t have a partisan brief of any kind, “we’re interested in good ideas, from anyone, that have well-grounded potential for improving the lives of people and their communities.”
“While articles in The Policymaker are in an accessible opinion style, our contributors will have the space to really develop their policy ideas so that policymakers and the broader public can get into the substance.
“It is our hope The Policymaker will help expand policy imagination at all levels of government in Australia,” Ghazavi said.
The articles written for the launch represent the range and ambition of the Institute. We aim to give policymakers in NSW and across Australia easy access to leading thinkers from a diverse range of disciplines and areas of practice, in order to propel the policy discussion forward.
