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- 24th Jan 2019
Tackling teacher shortages in rural areas
It is a constant challenge to attract teachers to rural and remote Australia. However, teachers are more likely to work in rural schools if they have already completed a rural placement during their teacher training. Alongside the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Premier and Cabinet Behavioural Insights Unit, NSW…
- Article
Sending money home
- Report
- 28th Nov 2018
Applying Behavioural Insights to Labour Markets
Employment is one of the most important policy areas that governments manage. Yet, it is one with ample room for more use of evidence. Due to location and contextual factors, labour market policies are also often tailored to the economic needs of a country or region. For these reasons, continuous…
- BIT Office
Australia & New Zealand
Our Sydney office plays a leading role in developing new behavioural approaches to public policy and service delivery across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. We work across Australia, and we have partnered with government and NGOs at the federal level, and in Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia, Tasmania and…
- Blog
- 17th Apr 2018
Unemployed after 40 years: what next?
Keith Lowe worked at the BHP steelworks in Newcastle, a regional city in Australia, for nearly 40 years before it closed in 1999. Despite the shock of closure, Keith walked out of the steelworks’ gates for the last time with confidence in his future. Keith likes using his hands. Before…
- Article
Reducing household power usage
- Blog
- 23rd Nov 2017
Applying behavioural insights to labour markets
Employment is perhaps one of the areas that can benefit the most from the application of behavioural insights and robust evaluation. From both the supply and demand side of the labour market, small changes can have big effects. Small percentage increase to employment figures can mean substantial wellbeing improvements to…
- Article
Writing a moral code for the online world
- Article
Teacher shortages in rural areas
- Article