An examination of current and emerging risks faced by Australia’s critical infrastructure, including cyberattacks, supply chain disruptions and natural hazards. The review concludes that a cross-sectoral approach is needed to manage emerging risks, which will require legislative reforms, enhanced guidance to providers of critical infrastructure, and greater awareness of the ways these sectors impact national...

This report follows the trajectories of workers of different occupations, ages, and locations to better understand how wages and housing costs vary between the cities and regions. It also identifies the migration flows within Australia occurring in response to changing locations of opportunity finding overseas immigration has offset the worker exodus from the cities

The purpose of this inquiry is to review recurring issues that have arisen in recent years across several government agencies relating to the effectiveness of government policy and program design implementation. The areas the report focuses on across six audit reports are: policy and program design, policy planning and implementation, governance and risk management, and...

The report identifies 37 emerging roles in the Australian labour market across four areas: net zero, health care and medical, data and technologies and science and engineering. The report provides a detailed analysis of the skills required for these roles and their projected growth in the coming years.

This in-depth analysis of the Australian health and medical research workforce in 2024 provides insights into the characteristics, career pathways and challenges. The audit highlights issues with gender disparities in senior roles, job insecurity, and the importance of funding stability and recommends improving data processes to guide future policy.