The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a new scheme designed to change the way that support and care is provided to people with profound or severe permanent disability. The scheme is currently being rolled out across Australia. The NDIS is based on the premise that individuals’ support needs are different, and those participating in...

The annual Report on Government Services (RoGS) provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of government services in Australia.

The main aim of housing and homelessness sector services is to ensure that all Australians have access to affordable, safe and sustainable housing — a vital determinant of wellbeing that is associated with better outcomes in health, education and employment, as well as economic and social participation.

Australia’s intellectual property (IP) arrangements fall short in many ways and improvement is needed across the spectrum of IP rights. IP arrangements need to ensure that creators and inventors are rewarded for their efforts, but in doing so they must: − foster creative endeavour and investment in IP that would not otherwise occur − only...

This draft report examines the effectiveness of the multiple-regulator model in supporting a single national consumer policy framework, and invites feedback from the public. This draft report was released on 8 December 2016. You are invited to examine the draft report and to make written submissions by Monday 23 January 2017. The final report is...