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…

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…

National Mental Health Commission CEO Christine Morgan said the report confirms what many have known and experienced for a while — that the Australian mental…

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…

Regulation must keep up with digital economy developments to remain effective over time by more readily adopting new approaches.

The federal government will create a new statutory authority to increase water compliance in the Murray-Darling Basin and intends to axe the controversial water buyback…

The Productivity Commission has published a draft Indigenous Evaluation Strategy to help all federal government agencies improve the evaluation of policies and programs affecting Aboriginal…

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and water minister Keith Pitt on Friday said an inquiry would look into whether governments have been successful in achieving the objectives, outcomes…

A strong labour market has supported continued economic growth, the report found, and output growth has continued Australia’s recession-free streak. However, labour productivity declined this…

Lengthy processes to approve mining projects will be the focus of a one-year Productivity Commission review. Projects such as the controversial Adani coal mine —…

The Productivity Commission's new commissioner, Romlie Mokak, said in a speech at Old Parliament House that "NAIDOC’s impact must surely go well beyond a single…

The gulf between the alternate realities of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan grows wider, as this week's edition of Four Corners shows Commonwealth funding for more…