A blistering Productivity Commission review says governments have not delivered on their landmark 2020 agreement to transform the way public servants and politicians work with Indigenous Australians.
Australia’s productivity collapse may be partially due to COVID-19 as people were forced out of hospitality. But there are now signs of a turnaround.
A report finds Australians are being swamped by a “Levyathan” of charges and micro-taxes on everything from wild goats to the nation’s biggest banks.
Providing fully subsidised childcare three days a week for low-income families would provide a serious workforce boost.
Once again the High Court has shown the strength of our Constitution;locking up detainees indefinitely is against this Constitution.
The new head of the Productivity Commission says she won’t allow big reports about improving our standard of living gather dust on shelves.
If past government decisions had been made
Two new reports warn the Australian economy is facing a major slowdown as people put in longer hours to make ends meet.
The Productivity Commission will undergo “significant workplace reform” after a report found a permissive culture towards sexism and harassment,Jim Chalmers says.
Vaccinating 55 per cent of healthy people under 65 would provide greater protection to vulnerable people,a new report has found.
Some economists have decided that conventional wisdom about how the economy works no longer fits the facts.