Issues and Insights, Research

Issues and Insights

Challenges for Australia

The Parliamentary Library Issues & Insights articles provide short analyses of issues that may be considered over the course of the 48th Parliament. Each article gives a high-level perspective of significant public policy issues, covering background, context and legislative history, as well as some of the policy and legislative directions raised in the public debate.

Published February 2026
Australian Coat of Arms.
Issues and Insights, 2026 Foreword
Abstract black and white pattern with lines moving upwards.
Issues and Insights, 2026 The increasing threat of politically motivated violence
Abstract black and white pattern with binary code.
Issues and Insights, 2026 Information disorder: disinformation, misinformation and a 'polluted' information space
Megaphone facing the sky.
Issues and Insights, 2026 Freedom of expression
Various line graphs and tables on a computer screen.
Issues and Insights, 2026 The future of money
Observatory looking out to the night sky.
Issues and Insights, 2026 Approaches to funding research and development
Busy main road and high rise buildings in Sydney.
Issues and Insights, 2026 Four-day work week
Child playing with blocks.
Issues and Insights, 2026 Care economy markets
Middle aged woman and an older woman who is a wheelchair user in a park.
Issues and Insights, 2026 Who cares? Sustaining our aged care workforce
Tobacco smoke against a black background.
Issues and Insights, 2026 The future of tobacco control in Australia