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Impact of Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) on rural and regional communities and industries in New South Wales


An inquiry into and report on the impact of Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) on rural and regional communities and industries in New South Wales. A key finding from this first report found that a significant proportion of the Central-West Orana community believe the REZ has negatively impacted the region. The report makes six findings and...
Report

Opportunities to improve the productivity of the construction industry


This interim report proposes a reform program to improve productivity across the Queensland construction industry. It finds that productivity in the industry had fallen 9% since 2018. It makes 21 recommendations and identifies 12 directions for reform, focused on four key areas: government procurement, land use and building activity regulation, and labour market operation.
Report

‘Big box’ retailer price setting


This report details an inquiry investigating the role of Australia's 'big box' retailers and large format retailers in price setting. The inquiry received 19 submissions but was unable to hold public hearings before the 2025 Federal election was called and has therefore made no findings or recommendations.
Report

Size matters: why construction productivity is so weak


The construction industry is vital to Australia's productivity. However, this report identifies a range of contributing factors to its underperformance, including tax settings, regulation, lack of technology adoption, lack of innovation, unpredictable pipelines of work, poor collaboration, a fragmented sector and small firm size. It calls for policies to lift productivity in construction.
Policy report

The brick book: a national resource document for residential development policy


A shovel-ready guide for the next government to fix the housing crisis. It calls on the federal government to re-engage in land use regulation and sets out six recommendations. It's signature ask is for a National Townhouse Accord, a National Cabinet brought together to liberalise planning restrictions and make townhouses legal to build throughout Australia.