Federal government
Policy
National housing accord 2022
The accord brings government, investors, and the construction sector to improve housing affordability by addressing Australia’s supply challenges and enabling the delivery of more social and affordable housing.
Report
New politics: depoliticising taxpayer-funded advertising
This report finds that abuse of taxpayer-funded advertising is rife in Australia, with governments routinely spending public money to spruik their own achievements, especially in the lead up to elections.
Briefing paper
Review of COVID-19 vaccine and treatment purchasing and procurement: executive summary and recommendations
Professor Jane Halton AO has submitted the final report of her independent review of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment procurements to the Albanese Government. This publication contains the executive summary and recommendations from the report.
Report
Trade and assistance review 2020-21
This annual review contains the Commission’s latest quantitative estimates of Australian government assistance to industry, and provides a summary of developments in industry assistance, trade policy and foreign investment over the past year.
Report
Australia’s debt disaster: estimating interest repayments on federal government debt by 2030
The research in this report explores three scenarios which model the impact that rising cash rates will have on government bond yields and interest repayments on debt being rolled over, as well as new debt being added to Australia's balance sheet.