Public Policy & Strategy Development

Understanding the current and future impacts of policies is an important part of decision making for public and private sector leaders who use the analysis to inform decisions regarding regulatory changes, services, and preferred policy options.

Public policy shapes the social, economic, and environmental landscape. Policy makers, however, face ongoing challenges including rapid technological developments and shifting community expectations. Policy makers need to be confident that the policy advice that they provide is effective and balances diverse interests and needs. Understanding the underlying issues and root causes of policy problems, developing a data-driven evidence base to inform options and evaluating the likely impacts through financial and economic modelling, risk modelling, scenario analysis and strategic forecasting can help decision makers to develop effective, implementable policies that improve outcomes for everyone.

What we do

Our policy and strategy team help clients to solve complex problems and develop efficient and effective public policy solutions. We do this by developing evidence-based advice, applying economic frameworks and commercial thinking and providing subject matter expertise, with a particular focus on transport, water, health and infrastructure. Our public policy experts have experience working in senior levels of government and engaging with industry.

Our policy and strategy work starts with analysis of the problem, opportunity or outcome that our clients are seeking to address. We use economic analysis, data analytics and other tools and frameworks along with insights based on experience to provide clients with advice that is rigorous and practical. Specific areas of our expertise include:

Policy and strategy development for government – We develop sound, implementable and practical policy options and strategies that are supported by evidence and data.
Stakeholder analysis and engagement to inform policies and gain support – We design and undertake stakeholder engagement as part of the policy development and review process.
Economic, financial and commercial input – We draw on our expertise in economics, financial and commercial advisory services, and data science to inform analysis of policy options.
Policy implementation – We develop implementation plans, roadmaps, and detailed project plans to support policy implementation.
Policy cost analysis – Our team conducts financial and economic analysis to provide decision makers with insights into costs and benefits of policies. We also forecast future demand for services to inform costings, apply real options analysis to identify the value of policy options, and undertake quantitative modelling of risks to inform future cost analysis.

We are engaged by leaders and decision makers to conduct strategic policy reviews, which provide confidence that policy frameworks are fit for purpose. Where policies are not meeting user requirements, our public policy team advises on practical solutions to address gaps and make them more effective. Working with decision makers to clarify objectives, we assess the current level of effectiveness of policies and identify solutions, and in doing so, assist policy makers to build a case for change, supported by robust evidence and data.