). Australian policy-makers agreed that academic research was useful for policy-making. For example, 00% agreed that "Academic research alters or transforms how policy makers think about issues and choices" and 00% agreed that "Academic research is used to shape and inform the design and implementation of policies and programs." Interestingly, surveyed academics thought these propositions were true more often than policy-makers themselves. Most relevant here, however, is the result cited by the authors in a 