Communication counts: Helping small business supervisors support ill and injured workers to return to the workplace

Every year, more than half a million Australians sustain a work-related injury or illness. For the employee who becomes injured or ill at work, and for their employer, failed or incomplete return to work can have significant negative consequences. In a previous project, BETA developed guidance materials for the Australian Public Service focused on supporting the supervisor-worker relationship following the illness or injury of a worker.

To DCE or not to DCE: BETA's experience with discrete choice experiments

Used extensively in market research and economics, DCEs have a number of qualities which make them great for analysing and understanding the kind of complex choices people make when they buy a smart device or choose a course of study.

National Survey of Mental Health-Related Stigma and Discrimination

In February 2021, the National Mental Health Commission (the Commission) approached the BETA to help deliver a national survey of mental health-related stigma and discrimination.

The purpose of the survey was to support the Commission to develop and evaluate the National Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Strategy (the Strategy). Selected findings from the survey are included in the Strategy. The purpose of this report is to provide a full description of the survey methods and findings.

Increasing participation in the Adult Migrant English Program one-pager

The Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) provides& government-funded English language tuition to migrants with less than a vocational level of English. Not all migrants who are eligible for the AMEP currently enrol in it and those who do, often disengage before exhausting their eligibility.

BETA partnered with the Department of Home Affairs to test whether sending people translated information would increase participation in the AMEP over sending information in English.

YourSuper Comparison Tool One-pager

Helping people make better superannuation decisions

Investing in a low performing super fund can lead to significantly lower retirement savings. Yet choosing an appropriate super fund is a complex and challenging task.

BETA and the ATO’s Behavioural Insights Unit collaborated to inform the design of the YourSuper comparison tool – which aims to make it easier for people to choose a well performing super fund that meets their needs.

ITE - One Pager

Incentivising excellence: Attracting high-achieving teaching candidates

BETA worked with the Quality Initial Teacher Education Review to test what incentives would appeal to high-achieving teaching candidates.

We ran a discrete choice experiment with young high-achievers and mid-career professionals.

The below graphs show the additional probability of choosing teaching over a ‘baseline job’* (in percentage points).

One pager - PPSR

By registering on the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR), businesses can safeguard their security interests. But these registrations must be accurate – even a small mistake can render a registration invalid.

We partnered with AFSA to evaluate two changes to the PPSR form that could reduce these mistakes.

New Review Screen

To prevent users from rushing through the registration, and to highlight the importance of registering correctly, we added a pop-up at the final review screen, and required users to confirm the details they inputted.

One pager - Workplace giving

Planned giving, including workplace giving through payroll is important in providing a regular source of income for charities and not-for-profit organisations. More Australian employers are offering workplace giving to their employees, but participation is low.

Workplace giving makes up only about 1 per cent of overall donations to charity. Participation rates remain low: 4.7% nationally and 1.8% in the APS.

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