Published work

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

Building Back Better

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

Humans of Purpose

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

The Drum – ABC TV

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

Moving book launches online

Arts Hub, 9 September 2021

Socially Democratic

27 August 2021

The Wire

26 May 2021

Strong relationships drive growth

The Chandler Institute, April 2021

2020

Football Belongs, Chapter 1 – Multiculturalism

13 December 2020

The Good Problem

13 November 2020

Is talk of the decline of our cities premature

Life Matters, ABC Radio National, 12 November 2020

Renew Normal – Demos

18 September 2020

Public Sector Perspectives – IPAA Victoria

5 August 2020

The Economists’ Corner – CEDA

3 August 2020

Socially Democratic

19 June 2020

ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author Series

15 April 2020

The Drum – ABC TV

13 April 2020

Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny

27 March 2020

Rare Air with Meri Fatin

24 March 2020

‘We don’t do policy transfer well’: Andrew Wear wants public servants to travel more and learn from the best in the world

The Mandarin, 6 March 2020

The Drum – ABC TV (from 42:12)

5 March 2020

This Working Life – ABC Radio National

2 March 2020

Brotherhood of St Laurence

February 2020

2019

Australian Politics – The Guardian

19 October 2019