This inquiry was initiated following evidence that Senator Bridget McKenzie, the former Federal Sports Minister, had intervened in grant allocation decisions regarding the Community Sport Infrastructure Grant program in order to gain political advantage for Coalition candidates and members in the 2019 federal election.

Conceding that while the Canadian regional dynamic will never be fully immunised from economic inequities, the authors of this report believe that the proposals they outline will provide a workable, place-responsive, and efficient means of leveraging the post-COVID recovery as a catalyst for a stronger and locally-adapted entrepreneurial ecosystem.

This evaluation of the former Indigenous Cadetship Support (ICS) and Tailored Assistance Employment Grants (TAEG) Cadetships programs aimed to provide evidence-based advice on the effectiveness of the program in meeting its objectives and to highlight possible future program improvements. The Australian Government has supported Indigenous Cadetships since 1999. The ICS program was designed to support...

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is undertaking statistical analysis to assist its understanding of how much residential aged care services should cost at different levels of quality, the implications for funding and the scope for providers to improve their efficiency. This work will be improved by a measure of relative care...

This report presents an independent view of the role that Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) can and should play in meeting New Zealand’s current and future needs.