This analysis presents modelling of the impact of the potential windfall levy – an additional 25% tax on Australia’s oil and gas industry – on post-tax project economics in Australia. It assesses the corresponding implications for Australia’s fiscal attractiveness and competitiveness relative to peer regime. It finds that imposing the windfall levy would make new...

This report reveals a deep and growing divide in school infrastructure funding in Australia. Over the past decade private schools have outspent public schools on capital works by $38 billion. The report finds this inequity is fuelled by the lack of federal funding for capital investment in public schools. It provides six recommendations for the...

Across five inquiries, 47 reform recommendations were made to support productivity growth across the economy. Taken together, these recommendations highlight 3 key principles for productivity growth. This paper sets out those reform principles and provides an overview of recommendations in the five productivity inquiries to meet those challenges.

This paper examines the rapid rise, and subsequent rapid decline, in labour productivity over the COVID-19 pandemic. It finds Australia’s productivity performance during the pandemic presents no clear long-term implications. This further emphasises the need to address Australia’s long-run productivity problem.

The paper presents preliminary views on the opportunities and risks emerging from shifts in public and private capital markets. It explores the changing dynamics in capital markets including declining listings on public markets, the rapid growth in investment capital allocated to private markets and the influence of superannuation funds on markets. It seeks actionable ideas...