‘Big bang’ reform of the tertiary sector now appears off the agenda. In this term of government, reform is likely to be more incremental in nature.

The inaccuracy of polling data came as a big shock after consistent predictions of a Labor victory, with bookmakers even paying out in advance.

Councils are facing the demands of accomplishing more with fewer resources, maximising efficiencies and cost-savings and responding to citizens who are increasingly sophisticated and digitally-savvy.

More than 125,000 returning-to-work Australian mums are actually financially worse off by increasing their working days above three days a week.

Regulatory arrangements are not ready to deal with the rising uptake of electric vehicles.

Earlier this year I was able to contribute to the KPMG Australia report Reimagining Tertiary Education: From binary system to ecosystem. In doing so I was struck by many resonances between the situation in Australia and that in the UK, most particularly England.

Last week I was in Sydney, where tunnelling seems to be becoming an obsession

Can you imagine a future where driverless electric vehicles are commonplace?

One of the striking observations at this year’s Farnborough Airshow was just how much of the show was now dedicated to space business.