These papers are a follow-up to a roundtable that reviewed the Australian tax system, the Henry Review recommendations and the extent of their implementation, and last year's Tax Summit at Parliament House. In October 2011 the Academy, in partnership with the ANU and the Australia New Zealand School of Government, convened a roundtable event examining...

Preventing obesity is a high priority for Australian governments. While individuals have a responsibility to manage their own diet and weight, governments also have a role to play. Governments can enable individual health promoting behaviours through a range of means including: the physical environment (for example, by providing access to cycle paths that are safe)...

This most recent ABS publication presents a detailed report of Australia's quarterly national accounts showing both current price estimates and chain volume measures in original, seasonally adjusted and trend terms. State details for components of state final demand are also included.

Modelling two recommendations made in the Henry Review of Taxation (2010), this study considers the impact of the recommendations on rents, rental supply and housing affordability. The Henry Review recommended two key changes to taxation arrangements to promote more balanced investment in private rental accommodation and improve housing affordability:

This report examines whether it is possible to map modern award coverage to the Class/4 digit code level of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 2006 (ANZSIC), and the limitations of this mapping. It also discusses the extent to which any map produced may assist in identifying matters such as award reliance and...