Foreign-owned water register should continue, despite ‘small’ role, Productivity Commission finds Wednesday August 18, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry The Productivity Commission says the water register is a resource that promotes transparency and provides government agencies with useful data.
Productivity Commission: Australia’s supply chains ‘generally resilient’ in response to COVID-19 Monday August 16, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry In its new report, the commission has identified supply chains that are vulnerable to disruption and imports of goods that might be vulnerable.
Premium Columnists Ensuring the public service is completely compliant risks the quality of independent work Tuesday August 3, 2021 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks The public service now publishes less work and once-useful series of independent reports, and speeches from Treasury have been abandoned.
Key Closing the Gap targets not on track, Productivity Commission finds Thursday July 29, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults have risen, while the rates of Indigenous youth in detention have dropped, says the Productivity Commission.
Productivity Commission launches dashboard for measuring Closing the Gap targets Thursday June 24, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social It presents data on the National Agreement’s targets, an annual data compilation report, and a point-in-time snapshot of the dashboard material.
Productivity Commission chair urges government to avoid dismantling good policy architecture Wednesday June 9, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Productivity Commission chair Michael Brennan has warned of two ‘dark clouds’ on the horizon in the public debate space, saying 'be careful what you wish…
Inquiry asks for National Suicide Prevention Adviser’s final report to avoid ‘duplication’ of research efforts Friday April 16, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal The committee noted that key documents for undertaking the inquiry (as directed in its terms of reference) have as yet not been made available to…
Productivity Commission: rise of the service sector poses policy challenges Thursday April 15, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry A Productivity Commission paper launched on Thursday said that services employ almost 90% of Australian workers and account for around 80% of GDP.
Productivity Commission puts forward ‘breathtakingly simple’ preventive health innovations Wednesday March 24, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal There are a number of innovations that policymakers can implement to support the wellbeing of people living with chronic health conditions.
Governments must modernise and bolster 17-year-old national water policy, PC finds Thursday February 11, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Energy & Environment Australia’s national water policy has reached its use-by date and will fail to overcome the looming challenges of increased population and community demands, and the…
National skills agreement to be overhauled following Productivity Commission review Thursday January 21, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Education A new national skills agreement is needed to better hold governments to account while ensuring Australia’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) system can deliver a…
Shared decision-making crucial to improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Productivity Commission finds Thursday December 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social A new report highlights the need for a 'bottom-up' approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander involvement in decision-making and policy design, to improve life…
Australian mental health system not ‘person-centred’, Productivity Commission finds Tuesday November 17, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social National Mental Health Commission CEO Christine Morgan said the report confirms what many have known and experienced for a while — that the Australian mental…
Productivity Commission puts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the centre of policy evaluation with new strategy Tuesday November 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The Productivity Commission has called for the creation of an Office of Indigenous Policy Evaluation to help build evaluation and cultural capability across the Australian…
Productivity Commission explains how government can utilise regtech Monday October 12, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Regulation must keep up with digital economy developments to remain effective over time by more readily adopting new approaches.
