Articles
2023
Economic development in a pandemic : Reflections from Melbourne, ‘the world’s most locked-down city’
Journal of Urban Regeneration & Renewal, (Summer 2023) 16(4) 375-384
2022
Suffering from pandemic fatigue? Well, get over it
Australian Financial Review, 8 July 2022
Recovery: An Opportunity Too Good to Miss
New Zealand Infrastructure Review, Volume 2, Number 1, 2022
What Australia can learn from Singapore, the world’s most successful city-state (review of ‘Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia’ by Jeevan Vasagar)
Australian Foreign Affairs, Issue 14, February 2022
2021
Governance Matters, The Chandler Institute of Governance, November 2021
How to build back better: Lessons from a major city’s response to the 2007-09 financial crisis
Apolitical, 13 October 2021
How will we grapple with the challenges of crisis recovery?
The Mandarin, 7 September 2021
Can Australia flourish after Covid? 10 steps to getting us there if we learn from history.
The Guardian, 30 August, 2021
This time, Australia needs to nail the recovery
Australian Financial Review, 26 August 2021
Community needs to be central to recovery
Probono Australia, 26 August 2021
2020
The island where everyone owns the wind
Reasons to be Cheerful, 25 December 2020
Colorado’s new family leave law could transform fatherhood
Reasons to be Cheerful, 9 November 2020
Why big cities will survive and thrive after the pandemic
Australian Financial Review, 30 October 2020
How other countries cracked the world’s biggest problems (and we can too)
PA Times, Fall 2020
The secret to how Singapore became a world-leader in education
Apolitical, 24 August 2020
Germany’s Fraunhofer network is a growth engine
InnovationAus, 26 April 2020
Germany a model for industry resilience
InnovationAus, 22 April 2020
In managing this crisis, Australia is tracking mid pack
Australian Financial Review, 28 March 2020
Gone with the wind: How Denmark is bidding farewell to fossil fuels – an extract
The Monthly, 4 March 2020
How Australians can work less and pass the test
Australian Financial Review, 20 February 2020
2017
Industry policy emerges from globalisation resurgent and more important than ever
The Mandarin, 25 January 2017
5 areas of Australian public policy that saw substantial long-term impact
The Mandarin, 29 August 2017
2016
Social infrastructure: The policy conundrum of growing cities
The Mandarin, 26 February 2016
Planning, Funding and Delivering Social Infrastructure in Australia’s Outer Suburban Growth Areas
Urban Policy and Research 34(3) 284-297
2015
How best-practice public administration is quietly transforming Victoria
Australian Journal of Public Administration 74(3), September 2015
The five reforms quietly changing Victoria for the better
The Mandarin, 5 February 2015
2013
How Australia is integrating commercial and community spaces
The Guardian, 28 January 201
2012
Collaborative approaches to regional governance – lessons from Victoria
Australian Journal of Public Administration 71(4), December 2012
Interviews & media appearances
2022
Historical lessons for a brighter tomorrow
Murmur, Murdoch University, Spring 2022
After the pandemic: opportunities for a better Australia
Big Ideas – ABC Radio National, 3 August 2022
“Temos de ver a assistência social como um investimento, que permite que cada pessoa na nossa sociedade prospere” (“We have to see welfare as an investment that allows every person in our society to prosper”)
Visão (Portuguese), 19 June 2022
2021
30 November 2021
Urban Resilience: What next for Melbourne
Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, 29 November 2021
Companies that pivot are best placed to prosper
Financial Times, 8 November 2021
After COVID, the possibility of hope
Conversations – ABC Radio National, 4 November 2021
2 November 2021
COVID opportunities: How the public sector can deliver a better crisis recovery
The Mandarin, 15 October 2021
When obstacles become opportunities to work better
Financial Times, 24 September 2021
Arts Hub, 9 September 2021
27 August 2021
26 May 2021
Strong relationships drive growth
The Chandler Institute, April 2021
2020
Football Belongs, Chapter 1 – Multiculturalism
13 December 2020
13 November 2020
Is talk of the decline of our cities premature
Life Matters, ABC Radio National, 12 November 2020
18 September 2020
Public Sector Perspectives – IPAA Victoria
5 August 2020
3 August 2020
19 June 2020
ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author Series
15 April 2020
13 April 2020
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny
27 March 2020
24 March 2020
The Mandarin, 6 March 2020
The Drum – ABC TV (from 42:12)
5 March 2020
This Working Life – ABC Radio National
2 March 2020
February 2020
2019
Australian Politics – The Guardian
19 October 2019