This report recommends reinstating a number of longstanding provisions to protect the franchise for those who are entitled to exercise it. These include: • restoring the traditional seven day close of rolls period to enrol or update enrolment details; • restoring provisions allowing electors to notify changes to enrolment details in writing; • removing the...

The federal government has asked the Productivity Commission to examine and report on the relative performance of the public and private hospital systems, and related data issues. This issues paper provides background information for people intending to make a submission to the inquiry, together with a summary of past research comparing public and private hospitals...

The National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University, were commissioned by the Australian Fair Pay Commission Secretariat to investigate the size, trends in, and determinants of, the difference between male and female pay in Australia focusing on occupations and industries with a high density of Pay-Scale reliant workers. The authors compare the wages of women...

This report examines the gender composition of industry and occupational sectors and analyses recent trends. It explores the role of minimum wages in shaping gender pay differentials and provides quantitative analysis of the possible causes of observed differences in the earnings of Australian men and women and the extent of the ‘unexplained’ gender pay gap...

Australia's restrictions on the parallel importation of books result in higher local book prices and should be lifted according to the recommendations in this Productivity Commission report. {C} The Commission undertook extensive analysis of international book prices and concluded that the current restrictions create material upward pressure on book prices in Australia. The size of...