The report ranks Australia's' states and territories based on planning systems, payroll taxes, property taxes and charges, retail trading hours, workers’ compensation premiums, duties on insurance and licences and requirements to do business. It identifies good regulatory and tax practices across Australia, to highlight what is working well and encourage states and territories to learn...

As Australia prepares to set its new Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, this report examines the investment, enabling reforms and policy interventions required across a range of emissions reduction scenarios by 2035. It examines the critical policy levers needed across seven key sectors to facilitate the change that is needed.

Australia needs to modernise its health and care system to make it more sustainable, reduce cost pressures by embracing technology, lift productivity and deliver higher standards of care for all generations, according to this report. The report provides a blueprint outlining the essential steps to be taken now to ensure a healthier, more productive nation.

This report provides a blueprint for the Australian Government to cut red tape and out-of-date regulation in order to reduce costs for consumers and businesses, boost productivity and get more homes built faster. It finds that Australia has a more than $110 billion red-tape burden, which is holding back investment and major projects critical to...

Investment in Research and Development (R&D) plays a key role in driving productivity. Concerningly, Australia’s business R&D spending has fallen to half that of peer countries. The report provides real world examples of how large business R&D investment has a positive spillover effect. It proposes six targeted reforms to unlock a number of economic benefits.