This audit assessed whether disaster assistance grants for primary producers affected by 2022 flood events in New South Wales were implemented in line with the program guidelines. The report recommends enhanced risk management by lead agencies to better mitigate the risk of fraud.

This report brings together the results of an investigation into how best to measure social and cultural infrastructure. It develops a framework for measuring the assets, facilities and spaces that make up shared social and cultural infrastructure, and considers its practical applications for a range of organisations.

How 'bad' public policy happens and what makes for bad public policy are the subject of this report. It identifies five inherent vices of policy – unpreparedness, non-learning, uncertainty, maliciousness, and non-compliance – and outlines a set of management practices that can help inform policy design and curb the worst excesses of bad policy.

This paper highlights the importance of treating digital technologies as infrastructure to avoid fragmentation, duplication and costly inefficiencies. It proposes a public value measurement framework for digital infrastructure and identifies four key policy implications.

This report highlights the pivotal role public financing can play in shaping a more resilient, competitive New South Wales economy. It focuses on the challenge of local manufacturing and outlines policy opportunities for public investments that could drive long-term economic growth.