This audit assessed the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment’s administration of the Strengthening Basin Communities Program in the Murray–Darling Basin. Overall conclusion The Australian Government initially allocated $200 million in funding under the Strengthening Basin Communities Program (SBCP) to assist communities in the Murray–Darling Basin to assess the risks and implications associated with...

This audit assessed the effectiveness of the administration of the Smart Grid, Smart City Program, including the establishment, implementation and ongoing management of the program. Overall conclusion The $100 million Smart Grid, Smart City demonstration program was established to implement or trial a range of new technologies in a challenging environment. These challenges included technological...

This year marks the nineteenth edition of the Report on Government Services. 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 2013 by Peter Harris, Chairman of the Productivity Commission.

The purpose of this inquiry is to investigate the ways in which life in immigration detention affects the health, well-being and development of children. The inquiry will assess the impact on children by seeking the views of people who were previously detained as children in closed immigration detention and by assessing the current circumstances and...

Summary: This report presents information on the medical workforce, based on estimates derived from the National Health Workforce Data Set: medical practitioners 2012, the third in this series. It includes data collected as part of the national registration and accreditation process. How many medical practitioners do we have?