Do Australians feel that their privacy is adequately protected? Is it possible for privacy laws to keep up with technology such as data matching, facial recognition and even body odour measurement? Do younger people care as much about privacy as their elders? hese are some of the questions being asked in this ALRC issues paper...

The Scoping Study's recommendations were developed through consultation by way of interviews, focus groups and written submissions with more than 100 people and organisations. The Scoping Study sets a future for media arts at the Australia Council that sees it integrated across the funding programs of the organisation and more broadly through the production and...

The ACCC collects data on broadband take-up from a limited number of broadband providers, cross-classified by technology type and type of customer. This information is summarised in the ACCC's snapshot of broadband deployment reports.

Most goods produced and consumed in the Australian economy are transported at some stage. With Australia’s dispersed population and production centres, the efficiency of freight transport and infrastructure are important ingredients in overall productivity performance and will continue to be, particularly as the freight task is projected at least to double over the next 20...

This report provides estimates of expenditure on welfare services and social security benefits in Australia for the period 1998-99 to 2003-04. This expenditure totalled $20 billion in 2003-04. Estimates are reported by source of funding, whether from governments, from individuals in the form of fees for services or from non-government community service organisations. 'Welfare expenditure...