In 2023, the Victorian Government announced the COVID Debt Repayment Plan, which aims to reduce government spending by $2.1 billion over four years without cutting frontline services. The government asked departments to cut back-office roles, labour hire and consultancy spending to deliver these savings. This audit examines departments to see if frontline services were protected...

This review of the National Housing Infrastructure Facility (NHIF) provides an in-depth look at the performance, evolving impact and the housing outcomes achieved through NHIF-funded projects to 31 December 2024. Since the NHIF mandate expanded in 2022 to include social and affordable housing, more than $340 million has been directed to such projects.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was supposed to grow over time, so that state and territory governments would have a reliable income source to help them fund important services. This paper finds that if the GST had kept up with economic growth, states and territories would have received an additional $231 billion in revenue.

This report provides a comprehensive overview of government activities and performance, including Australia. It presents the latest available data on government finances, employment, institutions, budgeting practices, risk management and citizen satisfaction. It outlines three key areas where governments can work to strengthen public trust and promote prosperity, offering evidence-based tools to tackle long-term challenges.

This report warns that many of Aotearoa New Zealand's mounting infrastructure challenges stem from a preventable lack of basic upkeep of assets. It calls for fundamental changes, including ring-fencing renewal funding, increasing transparency and ensuring infrastructure investment decisions consider full asset lifecycles rather than just upfront costs.