Gone is the unending obsession with tax reform (cutting the rates of tax on companies and high-earning individuals) and industrial relations (cutting penalty rates and shifting bargaining power in favour of employers).
In their place,the commission focuses on three big issues:healthcare,education and cities.
On health,it argues there needs to be more emphasis on preventing and managing the growing incidence ofchronic illnesses,such as diabetes. This may involve less reliance on paying doctors according to fee-for-service.
The health system – state-run public hospitals in one box,most doctors in another and pharmaceuticals in a third – needs to be better integrated so as to make it more centred on the needs of patients rather than the suppliers of health care.
This greater co-ordination should happen at the local level.
On education,too many students are being let down at every level.
The commission finds that school results are deteriorating,vocational education and training is"a mess"and universities are more concerned with publishing research papers than improving teaching standards.
As for cities,they produce a growing portion of our gross domestic product – about 80 per cent,with Sydney and Melbourne accounting for half of that.
By the time we reach 2050,almost 11 million extra people will be squeezed into our capital cities,according to Morrison.
The social costs of congestion in our capital cities will grow from almost $19 billion a year in 2015 to more than $31 billion a year by 2030,we're told.
See how different all this is to the economic reform talk we're used to?
It's shifted the focus from business to the"non-market economy"run mainly by government bodies. It's less concerned with mining,farming and manufacturing,and more with the services sector.
Its approach to reform is bottom-up – concentrate on the needs of patients and students,on getting to work – not trickle down.
Putting it another way,it's people-friendly,not business-friendly.
The three issues are two-sided:they affect the wellbeing of individuals,but also the nation's productivity,as a healthier,better-skilled workforce gets to work more easily.
This means the"reform agenda"ought to be a lot more relevant and appealing to ordinary voters. It also means it can be pursued by either side of politics.
One of the great objections to the old agenda was fear that it benefited the better-off at the expense of the rest of us.
Rest easy – the commission has got the message.
"A key issue will be to ensure that future economic,social and environmental policies sustain inclusive[note that word]growth – by no means guaranteed given current policy settings,and prospective technological and labour market pressures ...
"One of the advantages of better healthcare,education systems and cities is that they provide strong prospects for improving lifetime outcomes for people from all backgrounds.
"Indeed,improvements in these areas have the potential to decrease health inequalities,and reduce job insecurity and wage risks for those whose skills are at most risk from technological change,"the commission concludes.
Ross Gittins is theHerald's economics editor.