Examines and identifies future options for the intake of temporary and permanent entrants that improve the income, wealth and living standards of Australian citizens. Background The intake of temporary and permanent entrants is currently regulated through a mix of qualitative requirements (e.g. skills, family connections, refugee-status, health, character and security), quotas (e.g. the size of...

The draft report was released on 23 September 2015. You are invited to examine the report and to make written submissions by Wednesday 28 October 2015. This draft report looks at the best way to deliver a Public Safety Mobile Broadband (PSMB) capability for emergency services that is reliable, interoperable and works across Australia. The...

This speech was given by the Chairman of the Productivity Commission to the Australian Competition Policy Summit 2015' Introduction In 2013, the Australian Government announced that there would be the first comprehensive review of competition policy in Australia in a generation. A policy field more actively used in Australia than in perhaps any other developed...

The Productivity Commission invites examination of the draft report, and written submissions by Friday 18 September 2015. The draft report is a broad-ranging assessment of Australia's workplace relations framework, considering current laws, institutions and practices. It uses an economy-wide approach, looking at possible reforms that, where merited, are likely to enhance the welfare of Australians...

In 2013-14, labour productivity growth in both the Australian economy and the 12-industry market sector (which accounts for 65 per cent of the economy) was close to the trend of the last two and half decades. Preamble This edition of the PC Productivity Update begins by providing a snapshot of key nation-wide and industry-specific trends...