This report focuses on corporate influence in competition policy, highlighting the benefits of legitimate corporate engagement, the risks when influence becomes undue and the challenges in distinguishing between the two. It outlines responses available to policymakers to help them minimise the risk of undue influence including transparency frameworks, prohibition policies and institutional integrity responses.

This evaluation provides an early assessment of the Australian Public Service (APS) Reform Agenda’s achievements to date and what initiatives have been achieved and how they are contributing to reform outcomes. It also explores the whole of Reform Agenda value and how reform initiatives are working together to benefit communities and business.

A summary of the key activities and operational undertakings by the National Anti-Corruption Commission since it commenced on 1 July 2023. 37 corruption investigations, 12 of them joint with other agencies, have been initiated and 5 of these have been finalised. Other activities reported relate to Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity legacy investigations, and...

Operation Juno is an investigation into the conduct of Mr Walter Sofronoff KC., the Chair of the Board of Inquiry in the Australian Capital Territory. The investigation examined the circumstances surrounding communications with, and disclosures of, confidential material made to journalists during the Inquiry. Several elements of Mr Sofronoff’s conduct were found to fall within...

Elections are an opportunity to set Australia’s path. This report charts the path to a more prosperous Australia and the policies that should be on the agenda of whoever wins the 2025 federal election. The report offers a comprehensive policy blueprint to improve living standards for all Australians, now and in the future.