Australians face rising disaster risks from climate change but often lack clear information and adequate insurance. This report calls for better access to hazard data, consistent national disclosure, council support and public awareness to strengthen preparedness and resilience against future disasters.

This report makes the case for a sustained commitment to better regulation and harmonisation across Australia. It recommends a new seamless national economy agreement between the Federal Government and states and territories, identifying nine priority areas for reform and key steps to ensure success.

The construction industry is vital to Australia's productivity. However, this report identifies a range of contributing factors to its underperformance, including tax settings, regulation, lack of technology adoption, lack of innovation, unpredictable pipelines of work, poor collaboration, a fragmented sector and small firm size. It calls for policies to lift productivity in construction.

This paper looks at how households are benefitting from working from home; focusing on the time and money saved when workers commute less, as well as the ability to work more hours or get a job. It finds that the clearest direct savings are from reduced time and money spent on commuting.

The paper groups financial wellbeing responses into two broad categories: 'comfortable' and 'struggling', focusing on the role of housing. It finds that younger Australians have been hit particularly hard, with multiple sources of financial difficulty. The paper proposes that without targeted policy intervention, financial security becomes increasingly dependent on home ownership status and inherited generational...