This inquiry has concluded. The final report was sent to Government on 20 September 2012 and released on 14 March 2013. The Productivity Commission invited interested parties to register their interest in an inquiry into regulatory and policy barriers to effective climate change adaptation. In undertaking the inquiry, the Commission identified specific barriers that inhibit...

The Report on Government Services 2013 is being released on 31 January 2013. The Report is produced by a Steering Committee of senior officials from Australian, State and Territory governments for the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). The Steering Committee was chaired during 2012 by Gary Banks, then Chairman of the Productivity Commission. Gary Banks’...

The focus of this inquiry is on those activities relating to the gathering of knowledge as to the location, quantity and quality of mineral and energy deposits. This includes the exploration activities of all entities, including the large mining companies engaged in both exploration and production and the mainly smaller companies engaged purely in exploration...

In the decade and a half since the Productivity Commission was formally established, it has completed 110 inquiries and other commissioned studies and made some 1500 policy recommendations to governments. All of these recommendations were made because the Commission judged that their implementation would enhance Australians’ living standards and quality of life. In many cases...

This 12-page transcript of the Australian lecture discussing the future of the multilateral trading system in the present era of global economic uncertainty.