This paper outlines the focus of the National Competition Policy study, and identifies a range of issues on which the Productivity Commission seeks information and feedback.

This inquiry report assessed the progress made toward implementing the Murray-Darling Basin Plan since 2018. Recommendations are made about the actions needed to achieve full implementation of the Basin Plan and to strengthen and simplify the framework.

The final report of the Productivity Commission’s first three-yearly review of government action on the agreement finds that governments around Australia have failed to fully grasp the nature and scale of change required to meet the obligations they signed up to.

In this set of three papers, the Productivity Commission places Australia’s artificial intelligence (AI) opportunity in a global context, to consider how Australian governments can help to maximise the potential economic benefits of this evolving technology.

This paper explores the evolution of Australian industry levies since Federation, how they represent a growing form of micro-taxation in Australia, and the potential factors that have supported their proliferation.