The annual Trade and Assistance Review tracks the money governments spend to support private business. This year’s review finds that assistance to Australian industry rose to $13.8 billion in 2021-22 and that it is increasingly being distributed through opaque subsidies and concessions.

This interim report from the inquiry into childcare services focuses on prices, supply and demand for childcare, and an initial examination of the impact of the Child Care Subsidy.

The Australian government has proposed that Australia host the 2026 UN Climate Conference, in 'partnership' with Pacific nations. The authors of this paper argue that Australia cannot be considered a credible host for a COP31 while it continues to subsidise and approve fossil fuel expansion.

The author of this report argues that rising government subsidies to industry in the big world economies, and the entanglement of national security and commercial motives, pose difficult policy issues for countries such as Australia, which cannot match the subsidies provided by the great powers.

Subsidies for fossil fuels obscure the true cost of these polluting industries and enable them to continue exploring for, extracting and burning coal, oil and gas. As the world works towards reducing global greenhouse emissions to mitigate climate change, international pressure is mounting for countries to stop subsidising fossil fuels so that competitively-priced and clean...