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The “Binding Recommendations”: Increasing Young Australians’ Participation in Traditional Governance Structures & the Scope of the Federal Youth Advisory Groups
Menzies Leadership Foundation Fellow, Elina, explores the case for implementing binding recommendations within the Office for Youth's Youth Advisory Groups.
Feb 2818 min read


Returning to Brazil: What Negotiations Taught Me About Multilateralism
Luiza Dorfman Knijnik explores her relationship with multilateralism
Feb 283 min read


From Symbolism to Substance: Embedding Free, Prior and Informed Consent within Australia’s Native Title Act
Global Voices Fellow, Tiarna Williams, explores embedding free, prior and informed consent within Australia's Native Title Act
Feb 2814 min read


Economic Stability in the Digital Age: Targeted Regulation of AI in the Financial Sector
Mia Wegener, University of Melbourne AI for Good Fellow, explores targeted regulation of AI in the financial sector
Feb 1821 min read


No longer invisible: Improving Australia’s identification and protection of stateless people
Freya Phillips National Scholar and Y20 Fellow, Kira, explores ways to improve Australia's protection of stateless people
Feb 1814 min read


Sink or Swim: Australian Aquaculture and Climate Change
AgriFutures Australia Fellow, Roisin Sullivan explores the impact of climate change on the aquaculture industry.
Feb 1715 min read


Regulating the Pawnbroking Industry
Curtin University Fellow, Giovanna Bongiorno, explores extending the reach of the NCCPA to bring pawnbroking within the federal credit framework,
Feb 919 min read


From Potential to Practice: Scaling Australia’s Nature Repair Market
AgriFutures Australia Fellow, Paris Capell explores biodiversity certificates to increase market confidence in the Nature Repair Market
Feb 912 min read


How Building Workers’ Power Accelerates the Clean Energy Transition
Freya Philips Fellow, Kaiyin, investigates the importance of sufficient skills and labour capacity in meeting Australia's clean energy targets.
Feb 912 min read


From Overabundance to Opportunity: Reforming Urchin Fisheries for Kelp Recovery in Port Phillip Bay
Global Voices COP30 Fellow, Pearl, Explores Urgent Sea Urchin Management Reform to Restore Kelp Forests in Victoria
Jan 2913 min read


Earth’s Fragile Skin: Approaches to fostering agroecology and safeguarding topsoil
AgriFutures Fellow, Lucinda, explore methods of safeguarding topsoil by introducing a National Argoecology Soil Health Certification.
Jan 2819 min read


The Economic Imperative: Finding Opportunity in Crisis
Dinethi Manatunge reflects on the 2025 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, exploring creative destruction, economic resilience, and how crisis-driven transformation can build more inclusive and sustainable prosperity.
Jan 224 min read


Trust: the currency that sustains the global financial system
Tameea reflects on the 2025 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, exploring how trust underpins global finance, emerging technologies, investment flows, and the legitimacy of multilateral institutions.
Jan 214 min read


My Biggest Take Away from Belém is the Very Issue COP30 Overlooked: Fossil Fuels
Clare Lagan reflects on COP30 in Belém, examining civil society protests, Indigenous exclusion, fossil fuel influence, and emerging global momentum toward a just transition away from coal, oil and gas.
Jan 214 min read


Permission vs. Pressure - What COP30 Taught Me About Structural Change
Pearl Mitchell reflects on attending COP30 as a marine scientist, exploring Indigenous leadership, youth disruption, and how science, community pressure, and shared responsibility shape more inclusive global climate action.
Jan 213 min read


Unapologetically Young: A Global Voices Reflection
Elannah Young reflects on overcoming imposter syndrome through the World Food Forum, highlighting the power of youth leadership, Global Voices, and empowering young people to drive agrifood systems change now.
Jan 214 min read


Retracing My Roots: Southeast Asian Representation at the World Food Forum
Indigo and Elly talk about leadership transitions, the polycrisis and taking the "long way" into international relations via seasonal firefighting and Russian fishing trawlers.
Jan 212 min read


A Fair Feed for All: Addressing Retail Gaps and Food Deserts in Victoria
AgriFutures Fellow, Jasmine, explores how targeted tax incentives and planning reforms can reduce food deserts in Victoria.
Jan 1713 min read


Empowering SME Sustainability Reporting
University of Melbourne Fellow, Sydney Rice, Explores how expanding tax incentives for sustainability reporting can help small and medium-sized enterprises remain competitive in low-carbon corporate value chains.
Jan 1711 min read


Who Still Believes in Multilateralism?
The case for multilateralism when it all seems to be going wrong
Dec 17, 20256 min read
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