As Queensland’s government and Opposition compete to sweeten deals for the coal industry, open-cut coal mines in Queensland already get up to 17% of their coal for free, compared with similar mines in NSW. Polling in both Queensland and NSW shows support for ending this subsidy.

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Australian Taxation Office and the Department of Agriculture have effectively administered the Farm Management Deposits (FMD) Scheme.

This review contains the Productivity Commission's latest quantitative estimates of Australian government assistance to industry. This year's review also provides information on tax concessions and budgetary outlays that may be construed as assistance. A theme chapter discusses the future of the world trading system.

This Strategic Insight examines Huawei through a historical lens. It identifies strong parallels between the industrial policy adopted by Germany in the early twentieth century to cultivate a ‘national champion’ in communications – Telefunken – and the Chinese party-state’s support for Huawei since its formation in 1987.

Children's access to quality childcare is, more than ever, dependent on whether the government views their parents as deserving or not.