The purpose of this green paper is to consult stakeholders about the following range of financial services and credit reform initiatives: • the development of a comprehensive approach to the regulation of mortgages and mortgage broking advice; • the regulation of margin lending; • the creation of a national market for trustee corporations through the...

Accreditation of Australian Government subsidised residential aged care homes (aged care homes) was introduced to improve the quality of services delivered to older members of the Australian community living in aged care homes. The Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) firmly established the link between quality and expenditure by the Government on residential aged care...

The commission was asked by the government to undertake modelling of the economy-wide effects of assistance options and scenarios identified by the current Bracks Review of Australia's automotive industry. The options cover a number of combinations of tariffs and levels of assistance provided under the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme. Assessing economy-wide effects of any...

This report is intended to provide a record of the Australia 2020 Summit and recommendations on each of the discussion areas for consideration by the Australian government.

The Transition Care Program provided additional treatment and care options following hospitalisation for patients and their families. When compared with similar groups of frail older people discharged from hospital during the same time period, those who received Transition Care had fewer re-admissions to hospital and were less likely to move into permanent residential aged care...