This note presents an overview of the digital government landscape in Australia drawing on the results of 2025 OECD indexes. The note outlines key policy developments in the country observed during the assessment period. It aims to inform policy dialogue and support Australia in advancing a whole-of-government approach to digital transformation in the public sector.

School attendance problems are no longer a marginal issue. This report synthesises evidence from an OECD survey, literature and international large-scale assessments to outline drivers and consequences of school absences. It takes stock of policies and practices for supporting school attendance and distils key messages and policy pointers emerging from the evidence presented.

This policy brief summarises and brings together various pieces of OECD research to build a coherent narrative on what is known about artificial intelligence (AI) and skills. The policy brief highlights the importance of skills to make a success of AI and identifies several areas for policy action and future research.

Facing record public debt and mounting spending pressures, OECD countries must look beyond traditional tools to secure fiscal sustainability: it can no longer be achieved without public buy-in. This report highlights that empowering public understanding is now an essential component of modern budgeting. It outlines a strategy based on four pillars.

This paper presents a meta-analysis of ex-post empirical evidence on the effects of mitigation policies on emissions. It covers a range of pricing and non-pricing mitigation policies across five broad sectors: agriculture, forestry and other land use, buildings, industry, power and transport. The analysis assesses how policy design attributes and country-specific factors impact estimated policy...