The Productivity Commission has commenced a study into employment models in aged care, and the effects that policies and procedures to preference the direct employment of aged care workers would have on the sector. The Commission has released this issues paper to guide people in preparing a submission. It sets out some of the issues...

This section of the annual Productivity Commission assessment of government services reports on the Australian, State and Territory governments’ assistance provided to people with disability and their carers.

The review of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement will examine how well the Australian, State and Territory Governments have achieved the objectives, outcomes and outputs set out in the Agreement, and the suitability of the Agreement for the future. This issues paper has been released to guide people in preparing a submission.

This report finds that public transport costs were outpacing fare revenue for most jurisdictions in Australia, even before the funding crisis precipitated by the COVID‑19 pandemic. It warns against setting free or lower fares to increase patronage.

This paper reports the results of a project that was undertaken to find out what is known about systems that enable the public health approach to protecting children.