This examination of the pressures facing Australians and the Labor Government's policy response finds a growing crisis. The report recommends sweeping policy actions to alleviate cost-of-living pressures, including convening National Cabinet to address public expenditure and develop productivity-enhancing reforms. Additionally, the report suggests introducing divestiture powers to manage supermarket behaviour and reinstating the Australian Building...

The bill proposes a framework for a national, long-term approach to housing affordability and homelessness, including a 10-year National Housing and Homelessness Plan and the creation of a National Housing and Homelessness Advocate. The committee recommended against the bill, saying it would duplicate existing work and create unnecessary bureaucracy. The dissenting argument is an evidence-based...

This report summarises evidence from stakeholders and offers recommendations for amending the Bill before its passage. While generally supportive of the Bill's intent, the Committee identifies areas requiring refinement, particularly regarding children's online privacy, automated decision-making transparency, and the proposed statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy.

This is the final report on an inquiry into recent allegations of and responses to misconduct in the Australian operations of the major accounting, audit and consultancy firms (including but not exclusive to the ‘Big Four’).

The purpose of this inquiry is to review recurring issues that have arisen in recent years across several government agencies relating to the effectiveness of government policy and program design implementation. The areas the report focuses on across six audit reports are: policy and program design, policy planning and implementation, governance and risk management, and...