This report finds that tenants are still at risk from faulty gas, electrical and smoke alarms despite stronger rules for mandatory safety checks in Victoria. The report calls for practical, low-cost reforms to strengthen renter safety and support compliance. It provides four recommendations.

This report – in response to the Australian Productivity Commission’s inquiry Building a skilled and adaptable workforce – finds that while time pressures on teachers need solutions, the Commission's recommendations risk narrowing teachers’ roles to delivering pre-packaged lessons. Teachers overwhelmingly identify administration, compliance and lack of support staff as the biggest barriers to effective teaching.

Tasmania’s public transport investment continues to lag the rest of Australia. This paper outlines a long-term investment strategy to improve services, reform governance and expand public transport access across the state. It makes six recommendations and concludes with a call for leadership and policy action in the lead-up to the 2025 state election.

This report discusses why unpaid work needs to be quantified, how and why unpaid work is under-valued, and the need for unpaid work to be properly recognised as essential for supporting paid work and reducing the burden on governments.

This report takes stock of recent efforts to crack down on wage theft around Australia and updates past estimates of the scale of wage theft in our communities on the eve of the Australian government’s proposed laws to address it.