This interim report assesses and makes findings about the progress made toward implementing the Murray–Darling Basin Plan since 2018. It makes a number of interim recommendations about the actions needed to achieve full implementation of the Basin Plan and to strengthen and simplify the framework.

The National Skills Agreement (the Agreement) is a 5-year joint agreement between the Commonwealth, states and territories to strengthen the vocational education and training sector, and will commence 1 January 2024.

This playbook offers guidance on how collaboration opportunities can be seized successfully and rise to the challenges. Structured around five key themes of leadership, trust, culture, learning and power, the playbook presents 18 discreet ‘plays’ for effective collaboration.

This paper discusses the role of local government in the three-tiered system of government in Australia, with special reference to the roles of state and local government in New South Wales.

This report explores the evolution of the humanitarian system in Indonesia. It examines key events and turning points in the country’s progression towards locally led disaster management and humanitarian action.