Australia’s major companies are calling for major shortfalls in the nation’s electricity network to be addressed in this submission to the COAG national energy reform group. While a national energy market had promised greater competition and lower energy prices in reality, the benefits to date from reform have been limited. According to BCA member companies...

The report cannot be assessed or applied in isolation. It sits within wider paradigm and evolutionary shifts in Australian public administration, management, and law. That point affects both the conceptual design and the operational implementation of the Uhrig Report, as well as the standards and guidelines that also require development, customisation, and adaptation in that...

Medical savings accounts have been suggested as one way of addressing the question of how Australia can pay for its future health needs. They are similar to compulsory superannuation – individuals save a proportion of their income into an account which can only be used for health expenses. Luke Buckmaster examines the case for MSAs...

This report by the Council of Australian Governments’ National Reform Initiative Working Group makes a series of recommendations in relation to workforce participation and productivity and increased prevention and early intervention within the health system. The recommendations were largely adopted by the COAG meeting in February 2006.

Patricia Apps and Ray Rees compare gender differences in the allocation of time to market work, domestic work, child care, and leisure over the life cycle, using survey data for three countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. They discuss the extent to which gender differences and life cycle variation in time use can be explained...