This report examines workforce pressures facing Australia’s food and grocery manufacturing sector, setting a focus for long-term solutions. The report provides a macro assessment of workforce challenges affecting the sector. Key occupations in focus for this report include food and drink factory workers; packers; forklift drivers; purchasing and supply logistics clerks; and manufacturing production managers.

This report assesses the scale, drivers and impacts of Australia’s illicit tobacco market, benchmarks Australia internationally and models how different policy approaches (excise reform plus strengthened enforcement) may affect legal consumption, illicit consumption and government revenue. It finds reducing excise rates would shift consumption away from illicit products.

This report brings together insights from a workshop on shaping the future of Western Australia's (WA's) economy in May 2025. By combining stakeholder perspectives with data-driven modelling and scenario testing, it provides an evidence-based framework to inform policy and investment decisions that will drive skill development, foster innovation and diversify WA's economy for decades to...

This report builds on the findings of the ARA’s 'Towards a national local content policy' (2022) report, which highlighted the risks of failing to adopt a standardised approach to local content. It seeks to support the implementation of its recommendations at state level, and quantify the cost savings and productivity benefits that can be achieved...

This report examines the outlook for Australia’s railway construction and maintenance work for the next 10 years and presents the key drivers of activity at a national and state level.