About the Monash Commission

The Monash Commission gives independent expression to the expertise of thought leaders from Australia and internationally through in-depth and comprehensive inquiries into priority issues facing our communities, business and government at a national or global level.

Established by Monash University in 2018, the overarching aims of the Commission are to: 

• raise awareness of, and engagement in, important issues facing our communities, business and public policy, and contribute to the development of solutions to those issues for the public good;
• contribute as a thought leader to matters of public interest; and
• enhance the impact and contributions that universities are able to make for the benefit of their communities, nationally and internationally. 

To inform its deliberations the Monash Commission will promote open, evidence-based and robust debate. By engaging with a wide range of perspectives, each inquiry will seek to examine and rethink multifaceted, system-level problems. The Monash Commission will seek to design policy options that contribute in a substantive and sustainable way to practical system solutions in Australia and globally.

The results of each of the Monash Commission’s inquiries will be made public in the form of papers and a final report, along with any other publishable artefacts that arise from the Commission’s deliberations.

Read the press release on the intermediary cities inquiry