Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia’s tourism sector was performing at record highs. This report focuses on the tourism sector and reflects the lived experience of stakeholders during and after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a positive outlook for sector growth, however, the sector will need to seize the opportunities outlined in...

This report highlights the urgent need to address the shortfall in funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boarding students. It calls for a sustainable funding model that offers Indigenous boarding schools the certainty they need to plan for the future, and will allow schools to attract and retain passionate staff, maintain essential infrastructure, and...

The inquiry's final report provides the foundation for the establishment of a comprehensive national framework resourcing, financing and legislating climate adaptation at the local and central government levels. The report makes extensive recommendations towards a framework that is cost-effective, measurable and evidence-based. It calls for the establishment of a lead agency on climate adaptation and...

This report provides a summary and comparison of tax reforms across countries. It documents the evolution of tax policy changes over time and highlights recent trends in country tax policy.

This research explores new frontiers in gender equity research by focusing on motivational factors and behavioural insights to understand why businesses, particularly small businesses, may act (or not) to close the gender pay gap and to tailor policy tools. The report offers a firm-level analysis of the gender pay gap and investigates how cultural norms...