The report proposes 37 practical, feasible, impactful and evidence-based reform opportunities to improve trust and confidence in the Federal Parliament. It encourages parliamentarians to use available mechanisms to consider these reform opportunities further and build a consensus about the highest priority reforms.

This report outlines five key lessons of the value and usefulness of the Statement of Public Interest (SPI), introduced in the NSW Parliament in 2022 as a mechanism to support high quality and evidence-based legislative policymaking processes. It also makes six associated recommendations to overcome identified challenges to the SPI delivering on its objectives.

This research note quantifies the potential benefits of shifting from a three-year to a four-year term in the Commonwealth House of Representatives, analysing three categories of benefits: reduced direct election costs, indirect economic benefits and policy implementation benefits. It finds the total benefits over a 20-year period to be between $59-$71 billion.

An overview of key issues related to moving to four-year terms for the Australian House of Representatives. The paper covers the history of the proposal, arguments for and against, potential economic implications and key design choices if four-year terms are to be implemented. It finds potential for significant economic benefit, tempered by concerns around democratic...

This framework assists Ministers, their senior staff and departmental leaders to set priorities after considering a balanced suite of evidence and information. It is intended as guidance and can form part of a wider set of approaches for a Minister. Ultimately, the framework is guidance for more timely, more effective, better informed and more transparent...