This paper summarises recent Treasury work that has sought to quantify the extent to which Australia’s geography explains the productivity gap with the United States. This work has found that Australia’s geography might explain as much as half of the productivity gap with the United States.

Over the past five years, the labour force participation rate of older Australian men has risen after declining for over 25 years. In combination with ongoing increases in older women’s participation, the participation rate of older persons is now at its highest level on record. This article describes some of the trends and discusses some...

The analogue subscription television broadcast carriage service encompasses the terrestrial carriage of analogue signals used for transmitting a pay TV service, as well as the use (or potential use) of conditional access services. The service was declared on 1 September 1999 and is due to expire in July 2007. The ACCC commenced a review of...

This report provides an overview of the broadcasting industry and its performance in delivering services to audiences and consumers.

This paper discusses the likely dates of the next federal, state and territory elections, surveying the factors that constrain the election dates.