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Gender balance on Australian Government boards 2024–2025


The report outlines the Australian Government’s performance against its gender diversity target. For the fourth consecutive year, the Government has achieved target 1, ensuring women hold at least 50% of government board positions overall. Of the 357 boards across government portfolios, 299 boards have at least a 40% representation of women.
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Improving PALM: the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme


More than 32,000 people from the Pacific and East Timor work in Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme (PALM), mostly employed in horticulture and meat processing. This report explores where PALM has delivered real benefits, and where structural challenges remain, particularly in relation to worker mobility, exploitation, accommodation, and access to healthcare and...
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Strategic review of the whole of Australian Government single seller arrangements


A review into the Australian Government Single Seller Arrangements (SSAs) from 2019 to 2024. The review reaffirmed these contracting frameworks are fit for purpose and remain an effective way for government to leverage its collective buying power to provide value for money. The SSAs are pre-negotiated, whole of Australian Government technology agreements with specified sellers.
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Report on government services 2026: emergency management (part D)


The report on government services provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of government services in Australia. This report provides performance reporting for emergency services for fire and other events. It includes a summary of government expenditure in the sector and a case study on flood mitigation, prevention and preparedness efforts.
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International AI safety report 2026

Malcolm Murray, Maksym Andriushchenko, Ben Bucknall, Rishi Bommasani, Stephen Casper, Tom Davidson, Raymond Douglas, David Duvenaud, Philip Fox, Usman Gohar, Rose Hadshar, Anson Ho, Tiancheng Hu, Cameron Jones, Sayash Kapoor, Atoosa Kasirzadeh, Sam Manning, Nestor Maslej, Vasilios Mavroudis, Conor McGlynn, Richard Moulange, Jessica Newman, Kwan Yee Ng, Patricia Paskov, Shalaleh Rismani, Girish Sastry, Elizabeth Seger, Scott Singer, Charlotte Stix, Lucia Velasco, Nicole Wheeler, Daron Acemoglu, Vincent Conitzer, Thomas G. Dietterich, Edward W. Felten, Fredrik Heintz, Geoffrey Hinton, Nick Jennings, Susan Leavy, Teresa Ludermir, Vidushi Marda, Helen Margetts, John McDermid, Jane Munga, Arvind Narayanan, Alondra Nelson, Clara Neppel, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Stuart Russell, Marietje Schaake, Bernhard Schölkopf, Alvaro Soto, Lee Tiedrich, Gaël Varoquaux, Andrew Yao, Ya‑Qin Zhang, Leandro Angelo Aguirre, Olubunmi Ajala, Fahad Albalawi, Noora AlMalek, Christian Busch, Jonathan Collas, André Carlos Ponce de Leon Ferreira de Carvalho, Amandeep Gill, Ahmet Halit Hatip, Juha Heikkilä, Chris Johnson, Gill Jolly, Ziv Katzir, Mary N. Kerema, Hiroaki Kitano, Antonio Krüger, Kyoung Mu Lee, José Ramón López Portillo, Aoife McLysaght, Olexii Molchanovskyi, Andrea Monti, Mona Nemer, Nuria Oliver, Raquel Pezoa, Audrey Plonk, Balaraman Ravindran, Hammam Riza, Crystal Rugege, Haroon Sheikh, Denise Wong, Yi Zeng, Liming Zhu, Daniel Privitera, S. Mindermann

The report provides a comprehensive review of the latest scientific research on the capabilities and risks of general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) systems. It assesses what general-purpose AI systems can do, what risks they pose and how those risks can be managed. The report is provided with an extended summary for policymakers.