Development Intelligence Lab

The 2025-26 Australian Federal Budget was released last night - what does it mean for Australia’s international priorities? We've broken down the key changes in defence, development, diplomacy, intelligence and international policing against 25 years of budget history. 🔴 Read the full findings on the 2025-26 federal budget here: https://lnkd.in/gGrkYvjz This work builds on our deep dive - Balancing Act: 25 years of Australian international budgets. This was the first comprehensive look at 25 years of Australia’s international budget data — from foreign affairs and defence to intelligence and development. ⚫ Read the Balancing Act brief here: https://lnkd.in/gh2TaR9E

The latest Intel asked Jack Hennessy "The 2025 federal election. What are the competing visions for Australian aid?" Jack’s experience across global health and as an economist informs his response. Read his response here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gVRxgKM8 Sign up to get the Intel straight to your inbox 👉 https://ow.ly/rYB250SavNo

“Aid, development, and Australia’s national security: why it matters now more than ever” Tune in to the latest ANU National Security College’s podcast, to hear everything our Senior Analyst Mira Sulistiyanto, along with David Andrews and Melissa Conley Tyler had to say on global disruptions and what they mean for Australia’s engagement in the region. 🔴 Listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/gkHeqii9 🔴 And for more analysis on how the U.S. Aid disruptions are experienced in the region and how Australia should respond, check out the Lab’s latest Pulse Check: https://lnkd.in/g-hfv4ze

The latest Intel asked Mat Tinkler "The 2025 federal election. What are the competing visions for Australian aid?" Mat’s experience across social policy and as the CEO of Save the Children Australia informs his response this week. Read his response here 👉https://lnkd.in/gVRxgKM8 Sign up to get the Intel straight to your inbox 👉 https://ow.ly/rYB250SavNo

The latest Intel asked Zoe Daniel MP "The 2025 federal election. What are the competing visions for Australian aid?" Zoe’s experience across foreign correspondents in USA, Southeast Asia and the Pacific informs her response this week. Read her response here 👉https://lnkd.in/gVRxgKM8 Sign up to get the Intel straight to your inbox 👉 https://ow.ly/rYB250SavNo

This week, on the Intel, we asked "The 2025 federal election. What are the competing visions for Australian aid?" 👉 Independent Federal Member for Goldstein Zoe Daniel MP 👉 Save the Children Australia's Mat Tinkler 👉 The Fred Hollows Foundation's Jack Hennessy Explore the responses: https://lnkd.in/gVRxgKM8 Sign up to get the Intel straight to your inbox 👉 https://ow.ly/rYB250SavNo

Last week, our Senior Analyst Mira Sulistiyanto joined David Andrews and Melissa Conley Tyler on the ANU National Security College podcast to talk global disruptions. David, Melissa and Mira covered a lot of ground, including how Trump tariffs and US aid cuts are affecting our region, what we can expect from the upcoming Australian election, and more. 🔴 Listen to the full episode: https://lnkd.in/gaGutw5f 🔴 Check out Lab Analysis on US aid disruptions: https://lnkd.in/g-hfv4ze ⚫ And keep up with the rest of the Lab’s work by signing up to our email list: https://lnkd.in/gqwsKNnm

The Lab is on Bluesky! We are sharing our work across the Bluesky platform as well as LinkedIn and X. Follow along with us for an exciting year ahead with new editions of the Intel every fortnight, timely analysis on the region and more. Find us here: https://lnkd.in/gRFuf97w

Yesterday Lab CEO Bridi Rice joined Paul Hubbard (Assistant Secretary, Australian Government Department of Finance) on the Masked Economist - a regular 1 hour live-cast for the Australian public service. They talked development, national interest, and the role of think tanks in policymaking. 🔴 Keep up with the Lab’s work by signing up here 👉https://lnkd.in/gqwsKNnm

Happening online next Tuesday 15 April! Registrations for our second AI x Development Discussion group session are still open. Facilitated alongside our friends at Dragonfly Thinking, these conversations are for ‘AI curious’ development professionals. No previous AI knowledge or experience required. We will be hearing from Bridi Rice, just back from UNDP’s Istanbul Innovation Days, Miranda Forsyth discussing linguistic biases in AI models, and Raphaël Merx from Catalpa International sharing a new prototype tool as a use case. Register here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gsjYhMta