This report makes 19 recommendations to bring grants administration into line with best practice. In addition to feedback from 26 stakeholder groups, the review considered grants administration guidelines from comparable jurisdictions, best practice risk assessment and assurance frameworks, and the existing New South Wales policy and legislative context.

This document outlines a new productivity reform agenda for New South Wales that could lift productivity growth and boost real wages, without raising the tax burden.

Although Australia is a federation with a powerful central government, state governments control many of the levers most crucial for raising our productivity. The NSW Productivity Commission has focused on practical recommendations that align with other NSW government priorities.