This report describes key findings from the department’s third Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia – LSIA 3. The LSIA 3 is a survey of approximately 10 000 Primary Applicants from the Family and Skill stream who either: arrived in Australia between December 2004 and March 2005; or were granted their visa onshore between December...

This report of the inquiry into the integration of regional road and rail networks and their interface with ports found that many of Australia’s ports suffer from deficiencies in their transport and logistics infrastructure. The deficiencies include: missing supply links; a lack of rail capacity; bypasses, lack of ring roads or road and rail loops...

A significant number of government departments and agencies are engaged in work overseas that either directly or indirectly conveys to the world a positive image of Australia. The committee commended the work of Australia's government departments and agencies, the cultural and educational institutions and the many private organisations that are actively engaged in promoting Australia's...

Although labour force participation rates for Indigenous people still remain well below the levels for non-Indigenous Australians, there have been some improvements in employment rates and in the diversity of careers being pursued by Indigenous Australians. This report looks at positive examples of Indigenous employment to highlight some of the outcomes and identify the factors...

This research paper summarises the performance of the economy during each administration from Whitlam through to Howard by providing period averages across a range of economic indicators. Though this approach has its limitations, it provides a useful overview and means of comparing the different administrations.