A report from a review into the Australian banking sector focused on the role small and medium sized banks play in providing competition in the sector and the regulatory and market trends affecting them. It identifies several areas where regulation could be streamlined or simplified. The report provides recommendations for the Government and actions for...

Australia can unlock the benefits of data and digital technology with a growth-focused approach to regulating artificial intelligence (AI), new pathways to give people access to the data about themselves and a shift to digital financial reporting. This interim report is the third of five inquiries into productivity that present practical reforms to get Australia...

This report analyses Australia and Indonesia's defence and wider security partnership, identifying several areas where the countries should productively concentrate their efforts in the coming years. The Australia–Indonesia Defence Cooperation Agreement provides useful avenues to expand the defence relationship at a time when Indonesia finds itself courted by other countries that don’t share Australia’s security...

This report suggests that Australia’s heavy reliance on personal income tax is unsustainable and will worsen without reform. Bracket creep is an automatic tax increase that occurs when income tax thresholds remain fixed while wages rise with inflation. This report proposes a straightforward solution: indexing personal income tax brackets to inflation.

Notice of a bill to establish a human rights Act in New South Wales was given in 2025. This paper outlines how human rights are currently protected, reviews the debate about human rights Acts in Australia, and examines the features and effectiveness of the human rights Acts in the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Queensland...