A feature of Australia’s federal system is that power over spending and policy-making is becoming increasingly concentrated in the Commonwealth. One major way this power is exercised through specific purpose payments by the Commonwealth to the states in areas such as health and education.Specific purpose payments (SPPs) are grants the Commonwealth makes to the states...

Amongst the commitments in the Labor Arts policy launch is the investment of $17 million over four years in a new Creative Industries Innovation Centre. Fact sheets are available for download on music, creative communities, indigenous arts and the innovation centre.

This paper contains 42 proposals aimed at addressing lengthy and costly disputes over client legal privilege in federal investigations.

In recent months, two significant new studies have been released about food advertising to children on television: one in March 2007 from the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the other in June 2007 from the Federal Trade Commission. While the two studies are similar, this analysis documents how they compare, both in terms of findings and...

This report examines federal implications of statehood for the Northern Territory, including the historical context of the campaign for statehood and recent developments. Committee Chairman, Peter Slipper MP, said that the establishment of the first new state in the constitutional history of Australia is no simple matter. "The prospect of statehood raises a host of...