Justice Murray Wilcox’s report, Transition to Fair Work Australia for the Building and Construction Industry, made recommendations on the structure and powers of the specialist division that would replace the ABCC.

This paper traces the rise and fall of the Democrats, Australia's longest-surviving minor party, examining the sources of its support and the reasons for its decline. The Australian Democrats are the longest surviving and most successful minor party in federal politics. The party was created as a ‘centre’ party. Two distinctive features of the party...

This study explores the scope for efficient financing to reduce the life-time cost of an infrastructure project and the potential of financing vehicles to improve the investment decision. It reports on the experiences of a number of countries following different approaches to help provide an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the different options.

This report reviews initiatives since 2006 to combat petrol sniffing in remote communities and makes a series of recommendations for further action. This is a follow-up to the committee's 2006 report, Petrol Sniffing in Remote Aboriginal Communities (6432).

In this interim report of the inquiry into the conduct of the 2007 election, the committee examines two electronic voting trials: a trial of electronically assisted voting for blind and vision impaired electors and a trial of remote electronic voting for selected Australian Defence Force personnel serving overseas.