Rating tools
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Description
Rating tools help people choose between products or services. Ratings can be issued by accredited bodies such as in the construction industry (green star building ratings), media classification schemes, healthy food ratings, childcare, aged care, energy products, water efficiency, car safety, etc.
Report
Impact of the Care Quality Commission on provider performance: room for improvement?
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) introduced a new approach to inspecting and rating health and social care providers in 2013. The authors of this report developed a new framework for understanding the impact of regulation that describes eight ways in which regulation can affect provider performance. It shows that impact can occur before, during and...
Report
Surveillance of credit rating agencies
This report presents the findings of our surveillance under s912E of the Corporations Act of six credit rating agencies in Australia. The surveillance period was 1 January 2016 to 31 October 2017.
Technical report
Creating healthy places
Creating Healthy Places offers guidelines and strategies as to how the proposed Metro Tunnel Rail Stations may enliven the health of Melbourne’s residents and commuters.
Strategy
Tipping the scales: Australian obesity prevention consensus
In this report, the agencies identify eight clear, practical, evidence-based actions the Australian government must take to reduce the enormous strain excess weight and poor diets are having on the nation’s physical and economic health.
Conference proceedings
Living and learning: research for a better built environment
Foreword: The Architectural Science Association (ASA), formally known as the Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), was established in 1963 with the goal of promoting architectural science, theory, education and practice. A particular focus of ASA is the development, documentation and application of innovative approaches to environmentally sustainable design. Annual conferences have been...