This paper provides an overview of staff and staffing costs for federal regulatory bodies and agencies across the 2025 and 2026 financial years. It finds there have been significant increases over the past few financial years. It forecasts that in 2026 over half the federal government workforce will be engaged in regulatory activity.

The scorecard presents the individual gender pay gaps for 120 Commonwealth public sector employers and two corporate groups. The report also contains analysis of the employer reports against each of the six gender equality indicators for 2023. The results indicate that Commonwealth public sector employers have lower gender pay gaps than their private sector counterparts.

The report details Australia’s current housing demand, supply and affordability conditions, and the expectations for these over the coming years. It finds that housing affordability continued to deteriorate in 2024, with worsening trends across most capital cities and regional areas. It makes 15 policy recommendations in five key policy areas.

The Impact Analysis (IA) framework aims to support informed decision-making by government through high quality policy advice. This audit provides assurance about whether the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is effectively administering the IA framework. It finds that the Department has been a largely effective steward of the framework. It made four recommendations.

This report outlines a new way of approaching war crimes, highlighting the need for the Australian Defence Force to address systemic deficiencies in command. It argues that senior commanders are accountable, responsible, liable and culpable for crimes committed by their troops, not criminally but administratively.