On 23 February 1998 the Treasurer asked the Industry Commission to undertake a short research study into the impact of Commonwealth indirect taxes on exporters, with particular regard to the effect of indirect taxes on manufacturing exports. The study was to compare the effects on one or two...

The Commission was asked in February 2001 to review the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act and certain other superannuation legislation. Superannuation savings are growing rapidly and now amount to more than $500 billion. Most of the workforce is covered by superannuation. The community...

In 2000-01, the GTEs monitored in this report generated just over $55 billion in revenue, and at 30 June 2001, they controlled assets valued at more than $145 billion in the key infrastructure areas of electricity, water, railways, urban transport and ports - $11 billion more than in the...