Assessment
Shadow SPI: Emergency Services Levy Insurance Monitor Bill 2024
The object of the Emergency Services Insurance Monitor Bill 2024 (NSW) is to establish a mechanism to oversee the transition of insurance prices and to appoint a monitor. This document evaluates the government's case for legislative reform.
Assessment
Shadow SPI: Health Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2023
The object of the Health Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2024 is to make amendments to Acts related to assisted reproductive technology, health records, public health and more. This document evaluates the NSW government's case for legislative reform.
Discussion paper
A public, Australian AI
The author of this paper argues that Australia must invest in sovereign capability in artificial intelligence (AI), with a public good imperative to service the community’s ongoing needs. Taxing large technology companies appropriately, and generating special levies, or charging them for the datasets they use, could contribute towards developing a sovereign, public AI infrastructure in...
Assessment
Shadow SPI: Jury Amendment Bill 2023
The object of the Jury Amendment Bill 2023 is to make miscellaneous amendments to the Jury Act 1977, including in response to a statutory review of amendments made to the Act by the Jury Amendment (Verdicts) Act 2006, and for related purposes. This document evaluates the government's case for legislative reform.
Discussion paper
A thousand hours for free? Ending unpaid placements in social work education
The Australian Council of Heads of Social Work Education commissioned Per Capita to analyse various options to recompense social work students for the hours of mandatory workplace payments at an equivalent rate to the minimum wage. This proposal has been informed by modelling and analysis.