The final inquiry report sets out the Productivity Commission’s findings and recommendations on the urgent need to renew the 2004 National Water Initiative, due to climate change and changing water demand. The report also sets out the Commission’s assessment of jurisdictions’ progress towards meeting the outcomes and objectives of the 2004 National Water Initiative.

This paper addresses three topics as they relate to the net zero transition: economics, social change, and regional communities. The authors have drawn upon their collective expertise and experience and reviewed global research and case studies around similar transitions and transition-focused institutions.

The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the design and early implementation of Australia's National Soil Strategy and the supporting National Soil Action Plan.

This paper outlines the necessary immediate climate and energy priorities for a net zero and nature positive future in Australia, at both the systemic level and the community level.

Biodiversity is facing a number of pressures, including climate change, habitat loss and invasive species. These pressures are causing a decline in biodiversity in New South Wales This report provides results of the status and trends of biodiversity since the Biodiversity Indicator Program's first assessment in 2020. It includes updated results of previously reported biodiversity...