This paper is intended to start a national conversation on tax reform and invites submissions from the public. Foreword Australia has experienced nearly a quarter of a century of uninterrupted economic growth. As a result, Australians continue to have some of the highest living standards in the world. Over the next few decades, the challenge...

The Parliamentary Handbook provides detailed information about Parliament including the parliamentary service and political careers of Senators and Members, and details of parliamentary committees and elections. Preface

The Australian Government will announce Australia’s post-2020 emissions reduction target in mid-2015. This paper presents the factors that will be considered when deciding the target, and invites submissions from the public. Abstract Climate change is a global problem that requires a global solution. The Australian Government has committed to review Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction...

This report, a joint effort of a group of Indigenous leaders from across Australia brought together by the Jawun Indigenous Partnerships Corporation, proposes an Indigenous Empowerment framework. Foreword There needs to be a fundamental shift away from the traditional social policy framework in which Indigenous affairs has been conducted, to a comprehensive Indigenous Empowerment agenda...

Queensland's population growth has slowed to its lowest rate in 15 years, according to this report. Summary Queensland's population growth has slowed to its lowest rate in 15 years, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. "The sunshine state's growth rate was 1.5 per cent in the year to September 2014." said...