This Productivity Commission inquiry report was released on 12 October 2012. Default superannuation arrangements for those employees who derive their default superannuation product in accordance with modern awards have provided market stability, and net returns of default funds have generally...

The Australian Government asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a study on the ‘effective' carbon prices that result from emissions and energy reduction policies in Australia and other key economies (the UK, USA, Germany, New Zealand, China, India, Japan and South Korea). The...

The Productivity Commission has recently completed a research report on the regulation of chemicals and plastics in Australia. In most cases, national approaches to regulation were found to deliver significant benefits compared with each state and territory pursuing its own approach. This...

The Productivity Commission's latest report, Annual Review of Regulatory Burdens on Business: Social and Economic Infrastructure Services Sector - identifies ways to reduce the regulatory burdens on businesses in aged care, health, child care, education, information media and telecommunications,...

The Productivity Commission is required to report annually on industry assistance and its effects on the economy. Trade & Assistance Review 2007-08 contains the Commission's latest quantitative estimates of Australian Government assistance to industry. It also examines recent developments in...

The Commission's final report on the parallel importation of books into Australia, released on 14 July, recommends removal of the current restrictions, with the industry having a period of three years to adjust before the changes take effect. The restrictions prevent Australian booksellers from...

Jenny Macklin, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, together with Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks, launched the fourth edition of the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Report on 2 July in Darwin. Following the launch, Gary Banks briefed heads of...

The Productivity Commission has released an update on the financial performance of 85 Australian, State and Territory Government trading enterprises (GTEs). The report also examines the capital structures of GTEs and capital withdrawal by State and Territory governments. The 85 GTEs monitored in...

The commission research paper quot;The Role of Non-Traditional Work in the Australian Labour Marketquot; was released on 25 May 2006.There is continuing debate in Australia about the effects of labour market changes on the wellbeing of workers and their families. One such change has been the...

The Productivity Commission convened a roundtable on the topic Productive Reform in a Federal System at Old Parliament House, Canberra on 27 and 28 October 2005. The invitees included senior government officials, consultants, academics, and representatives from industry and community groups.The...