This report sets out draft decisions, findings and recommendations from a review of the cost of delivering out-of-home care and the pricing arrangements with non-government providers who deliver care under contract with the NSW Government. It recommends a simplified approach to pricing, increased financial support for carers and increased accountability across the system.

Many Australian consumers and grocery suppliers have told the ACCC they are concerned that some of Australia’s supermarket retailers have considerable market power and are engaging in practices which disadvantage both their customers and suppliers. This interim report for the Supermarkets inquiry outlines what the ACCC has heard at the halfway point of the year-long...

This report summarises key policy issues, and draws on inquiry submissions, to develop a set of recommendations on price and competition policy which, if adopted, would substantially improve competition and decrease the price pressure faced by Australian consumers.

This research confirms that corporate profits in Australia, despite recent moderation, remain well above historic norms, and must fall further in order to allow a rebuilding of real wages in Australia that have been badly damaged by recent inflation.

This research sheds further light on the role of higher corporate profits in driving higher prices in Australia since the COVID pandemic.