This report offers strategic guidance on best practice regulatory approaches for adopting standards. Its aim is to promote the reduction of regulatory barriers in net-zero sectors and enhance regulatory alignment between Australia and New Zealand. It develops an economic framework to guide governments and regulators in deciding whether to adopt regulatory standards.

The report examines recent migration trends and finds that while the net outflow New Zealand citizens in the year to May 2024 is significant, it is offset by a near-record inflow of migrants who are more highly qualified than the average New Zealander.

Australia and New Zealand remain among a small group of countries that have so far managed to subdue the deadly coronavirus pandemic. But Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been keen to stress Australia is not entirely in lock-step with its trans-Tasman neighbour.

This discussion paper examines the relationship between Australia and New Zealand and what this means for cooperation in the Pacific Islands region.

This paper proposes a refreshed policy on New Zealand's strategic relationship with the Pacific. The document includes an outline for developing deeper partnerships with Pacific Island countries; adopting the following principles of engagement; understanding, friendship, mutual benefit, collective ambition and sustainability; seeking to bolster the influence of likeminded partners. The three primary factors for pursuing...