Industries
Report
Trade and assistance review 2023–24
The review provides a summary of developments in Australian Government industry assistance, trade policy and foreign investment over the past year. The report finds that continuing to advocate for free and open trade and looking for opportunities to lower tariffs would be the best responses to changes in global trade policy.
Report
Maximising Australia’s green growth: leveraging trade and aid policy to drive Australia’s green exports agenda
This report shows how Australia can work with its trade partners to jointly transition heavy industries into a net zero world. It argues that while the Government has taken steps to support Australia’s future green industries, more certainty about the demand for these future green commodities is required to unlock domestic investment. The report makes...
Policy
NSW industry policy
This policy sets out the long-term vision for the economic future of NSW. It focuses on strengthening the NSW economy by focussing on three connected missions: housing, net zero and energy transition, and local manufacturing. It foresees a proactive role for government underpinned by close cooperation and coordination with industry and other stakeholders.
Report
Future Made in Australia Bill 2024 [Provisions] and the Future Made in Australia (Omnibus Amendments No. 1) Bill 2024 [Provisions]
The government’s Future Made in Australia policy aims to maximise the economic and industrial benefits of the move to net zero and secure Australia’s place in a changing global economic and strategic landscape.
Discussion paper
Redesign of the vocational education and training system
The Government has committed to disestablishing Te Pūkenga and replacing it with a system that restores regional decision-making and connections between Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) and their communities. The Government is seeking feedback on proposed reforms for three parts of the vocational education system.