The scorecard assesses and ranks the performance of each Australian state across ten economic indicators: annual growth in per capita gross state product, annual wage growth, jobs growth, retail turnover, tax burden, debt burden, productivity growth, business investment, rental affordability and energy affordability. Western Australia is the best performing state and New South Wales the...

A report on Australian state and federal government assistance to producers and major users of fossil fuels in 2025–26. It finds growth in fossil fuel subsidies is driven by the federal government’s Fuel Tax Credit Scheme. The growth of this scheme is expected to outstrip spending on a range of social services.

The report provides a summary of civil laws, criminal laws, reviews or reforms currently in progress, and best practice initiatives in response to antisemitism and Islamophobia in Australia – presenting anti-vilification measures for each state and territory government and the Commonwealth.

The integrity scorecard assesses the first six months of the re-elected Rockliff Government (Tasmanian Government) across eight reform areas, including Right to Information, ministerial diary disclosure, lobbying oversight, integrity in appointments, parliamentary standards, government advertising, the Government’s relationship with integrity officers and reforms to the Integrity Commission. It finds an uneven integrity performance.

Government spending decisions are biased towards the short term, contributing to rising government debt levels. This report recommends the adoption of Treasurers' Fiscal Statements to enable governments to engage better with citizens on medium-term pressures and trade-offs in government spending.