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...

The plan sets out how New South Wales (NSW) will deliver on the Priority Reforms and socio-economic targets of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. Targeted initiatives to boost outcomes across a range of areas include Aboriginal languages revitalisation, Aboriginal businesses, land activation, social and emotional wellbeing programs, shared data access, maternity and infant...

This strategy and action plan support nationally harmonised, safe and responsible adoption of road transport technologies so that road users across Australia can benefit from them. It outlines the policy leadership, regulatory stewardship and targeted investment roles of governments, and provides a set of nine principles to guide government action in supporting technology rollouts.

This briefing note uses data on market prices, production and revenue from Adani’s Carmichael Coal Mine, to estimate the discrepancy between the royalties paid by Adani and the royalties that might have been expected by the Queensland Revenue Office. It finds that Adani appear to have underpaid coal royalties by almost $400 million.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has grown too big too fast, and its future is now at stake. This report shows how the NDIS can be saved by reining in costs. This blueprint to rebalance disability services would reduce NDIS payments by about $12 billion over the next 10 years and create further savings...