This draft report examines the value, nature and structure of markets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and crafts, and makes preliminary recommendations to the Australian government to address deficiencies in these markets.

This inquiry will examine how an extended unpaid leave entitlement would affect the behaviour of carers, older people, and employers, its overall and distributional effects on the welfare of these groups, and how it might affect government budgets. The Productivity Commission has released this issues paper to guide people in preparing a submission.

The Productivity Commission has commenced a review of the National School Reform Agreement. The review will examine how well national policy initiatives by the Australian, and State and Territory Governments, have achieved the objectives and outcomes set out in the Agreement. This call for submissions paper outlines a range of issues on which the Commission...

The Productivity Commission has commenced a study into employment models in aged care, and the effects that policies and procedures to preference the direct employment of aged care workers would have on the sector. The Commission has released this issues paper to guide people in preparing a submission. It sets out some of the issues...

This section of the annual Productivity Commission assessment of government services reports on the Australian, State and Territory governments’ assistance provided to people with disability and their carers.