The Australia Council for the Arts fully revised second edition of its Visual arts protocol guide will help Australians better understand the use of Indigenous cultural material. The Australia Council for the Arts fully revised second edition of its Visual arts protocol guide will help Australians better understand the use of Indigenous cultural material. The...

This report provides data to enable ongoing comparisons of the efficiency and effectiveness of Commonwealth and State government services, including intra-government services. In contrast to the Report on Government Services with its focus on the efficiency and effectiveness of specific services, the Indigenous Disadvantage Report focuses on outcomes for Indigenous people. It does not report...

Most urban households face severe restrictions on their use of water. These impose hidden costs that could amount to billions of dollars each year. Australia’s urban water shortages are only partly due to low rainfall. An important contributor has been inadequate institutional arrangements for the management of our urban water resources.This discussion paper identifies a...

Australia’s services exports continued to grow strongly in the financial year to 30 June 2007, rising 10.5 per cent to $46.2 billion, according to this report. Services imports increased 8.0 per cent to $44.4 billion over the year. This gave a positive annual balance of services trade of $1.9 billion, up from $771 million the...

This background paper provides information on the history, structure and economic significance of the car industry, and has been issued as part of a review of the industry, chaired by the former Victorian premier Steve Bracks, to assess challenges, overcome barriers to success and to identify and maximise new opportunities.