This report is intended to assist people making a submission to the Productivity Commission's inquiry into the import of processed tomato products. About the inquiry On 21 June 2013, the Australian Government asked the Commission to inquire into whether safeguard action under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules is justified against imports of processed tomato products...

This report presents a summary of the key themes emerging from the public submissions received by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on the proposed content and procedures for the 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Public consultation on the content for the 2016 Census of Population and Housing opened on 6 November 2012 and closed...

This paper presents quarterly estimates of total population for states, territories and Australia. It includes numbers (and some rates) of births, deaths, infant deaths, interstate and overseas movements. Quarterly and/or annual time series tables throughout. Also includes projected resident populations, projected population in households, projected number of households and projected average household size for states...

The paper is about the sources of growth in income in Australia and the effects of structural change on the distribution of income between labour and capital. The main objective is to find an explanation for the fall in the labour share of income in Australia in the 2000s. Key points The labour share of...

This audit is the fifteenth in a series of audits and fulfils the Senate’s request for the Auditor‐General to provide an annual report on the use of confidentiality provisions in Australian Government contracts. The audit objective was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in Australian Government contracts for the...