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Briefing paper

Briefing paper

Who funds federal parliamentarians’ overseas travel?


This report uses the information that Members and Senators disclose on the Federal Registers of Interests to analyse the top funders of our federal parliamentarians’ overseas travel.
Briefing paper

Transport Strategy Refresh: background paper – car parking


This discussion paper is to inform a new City of Melbourne Transport Strategy to 2050. A draft strategy will be released for consultation in 2018.
Briefing paper

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers’ interactions with financial services: background paper 21


This paper provides context for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers’ interactions with banking and financial services, especially in remote areas across Australia. It also provides background information and detail on Australian government policies and programs relating to Indigenous Australians.
Briefing paper

High income earners get almost the entire benefit of stage 3 of the governments tax plan


This analysis of stage three of the government’s income tax plan shows high-income earners will get 95% of the benefit, while three-quarters of taxpayers get no benefit at all.
Briefing paper

Request for information: natural disaster insurance


This paper was prepared in response to a request made by the Royal Commission.The issue of natural disaster insurance has been examined extensively in a series of inquiries in recent years. The matters that have been subject to scrutiny fall into two broad (and somewhat overlapping) categories: availability and affordability of natural disaster insurance, and...