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The antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi was a stark reminder that social cohesion is not abstract. It is reflected in how people relate to one another, how institutions respond under pressure, and how confident communities feel participating in public life.   Moments like this call for leadership, not only from governments and public institutions, but from organisations and […]

Leadership is often described as the ability to make difficult decisions. What is less frequently acknowledged is how many decisions leaders now face are impossible to resolve cleanly. In an age of constraint, leaders increasingly confront choices where every option carries cost. There is no neutral path. No outcome that leaves everyone unharmed. Some decisions

Revealing Australia’s Leadership Development Ecosystem  Australia invests significantly in leadership development, yet the field remains fragmented, undefined and poorly understood.  A new White Paper, Revealing Australia’s Leadership Development Ecosystem: Strengthening collaboration across research and practice, invites a different way of seeing the field — not as a single industry, but as a dispersed and interconnected

The Menzies Leadership Foundation is pleased to announce Gandel Foundation as a key funding partner in the next phase of Reimagining a Civil Australia, supporting the development of the systems, partnerships and shared learning needed to strengthen civility, social cohesion and leadership for the greater good.  Launched in Ballarat in February 2026, Reimagining a Civil

The Menzies Leadership Foundation is partnering with the Aspen Institute Socrates Program on a global initiative exploring what effective, purpose-led leadership looks like in an era increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence.  The partnership will bring together diverse, cross-sector leaders in Australia and internationally to examine some of the most important questions emerging at the intersection

A group of Australian civil society organisations has released its joint submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. The organisations are:  Ballarat Foundation  Collaboration for Impact  The Ethics Centre  Global Access Partners  Welcoming Australia  Menzies Leadership Foundation (Convenor)  This work was supported by the Scanlon Foundation.  The collective contribution: antisemitism as a stress test for Australian democracy  The terrorist

Across Australian education, workforce sustainability has become an urgent concern.  Teacher shortages, staff retention, workload pressures and leadership burnout are increasingly shaping conversations about the future of schools. Much of the response has understandably focused on attracting more people into the profession, filling vacancies and strengthening workforce planning.  These are essential priorities. But they address

Complex environments rarely offer leaders a clear path.  Information is incomplete. Conditions change. Decisions create unintended consequences. Different people hold different views of both the problem and the solution.  Leaders cannot always wait for certainty before acting. So what guides them?  This is one of the questions being explored through the ANU Leadership & Complexity

What happens when leadership no longer comes with a title, position or institutional protection?  In Episode 5 of Purpose: Leading into the Future, former diplomat and Chief of Staff to Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Jo Tarnawsky, reflects on one of leadership’s most difficult tests: what it means to act with integrity when systems become unsafe,

The Menzies Leadership Foundation and Global Voices have selected Arya Moodley, Ashton Shurey and Pooja Zinzuwadia to represent Australia at the United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee in New York, 5–9 October 2026. The Sixth Committee is the principal forum through which the General Assembly considers questions of international law. It is where states debate