“In a low trust environment, governments find it harder to do the reforms needed to boost economic performance and respond to new and evolving challenges. Yet that very failure risks feeding further…

“In a low trust environment, governments find it harder to do the reforms needed to boost economic performance and respond to new and evolving challenges.
Yet that very failure risks feeding further distrust. The core macroeconomic variables – growth, unemployment, and inflation – are some of the strongest predictors of trust in government. Economic stagnation and declining trust are a downward spiral we should work hard to avoid.”

Chair Danielle Wood gave the 2026 Centre for Public Integrity Oration in Sydney. Read it here: https://bit.ly/4yQ12SS