Policy & Practice

This policy brief explores how hypothetical drug alerts about high-dose MDMA impact user intentions. Findings show that well-communicated alerts can shift behaviour—prompting users to avoid or lower doses—highlighting the potential of timely, targeted health messaging to reduce harm.

Kumasi is rapidly losing its green heart—almost 40% of its green spaces vanished in a decade. This policy brief reveals how parks, gardens, and natural corridors serve unique community roles but face threats from urban sprawl, neglect, and underfunding. Smarter, tailored planning is urgently needed to reclaim Kumasi's "Garden City" identity.

Where a child grows up matters. This snapshot reveals that neighbourhood disadvantage—not just location—shapes early childhood development in Melbourne. Kids in the most disadvantaged inner-city areas face the greatest challenges, highlighting the urgent need for smarter, more equitable urban planning to nurture every child's potential.

How liveable is your neighbourhood for healthy ageing? This systematic review shows that greener parks, safer streets, social connections, and walkable spaces can boost physical functioning for mid- to older-aged adults—helping people stay active, independent, and thriving as they age. Smart urban design matters more than ever!

Society—not disability—is too often the barrier. We highlight how policy and practice must tackle inequality and inaccessibility to support better health and smoother transitions to adulthood for young people with disability.

To improve justice for victim-survivors of sexual violence, we need to listen better—this brief calls for policies and practices shaped by those who matter most: the voices of victim-survivors themselves.

Image-based abuse is evolving, but our understanding of perpetrators is not—this brief highlights the urgent need for policy and practice to catch up with the digital realities of harm.