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Drought funding should focus on programs with ‘lasting public benefit’, review finds

The $5bn Future Drought Fund has underspent its $100m annual budget every year since it was established in 2019

The Guardian - AU · Sep 26, 2023

Calls to cut flight caps to lower prices, boost tourism

Removing a cap on the number of international flights coming into major airports would lower ticket prices and increase quality, an inquiry has heard.

AAP · Sep 21, 2023

If you are really worried about the next generation, the only thing that matters is climate change

The only thing the current generation absolutely needs to do for the next generation is stop burning fossil fuels as quickly as possible

The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2023

Governments are failing to share decision-making with Indigenous people, Productivity Commission finds

Governments have failed to properly share decision-making with Indigenous people to accelerate Closing the Gap, despite formally undertaking to do so, according to a scathing indictment by the Productivity Commission.

The Conversation · Jul 25, 2023

Chris Barrett becomes new head of the Productivity Commission, as Jim Chalmers flags fresh focus

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has appointed Chris Barrett, an economist with extensive public service and governmental experience, as the new chair of the Productivity Commission.

The Conversation · Jul 24, 2023

Productivity Commission appoints Chris Barrett as new chief, treasurer Jim Chalmers confirms

Chalmers announces Barrett, deputy secretary of Victoria’s treasury and finance department, will begin his five-year appointment from September

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2023

The yes pamphlet: campaign’s voice to parliament referendum essay – annotated and factchecked

Pamphlets written by politicians and published by the AEC have put the official case for a yes and no vote. They were not independently factchecked before publication, so Guardian Australia has added notes to the full essays to help you make better sense of them

The Guardian - AU · Jul 20, 2023

Hollywood actors know strength comes from unity. Australian workers, can I get an ‘amen’?

Shrink union membership and reduce the ability to strike and you provide a double whammy to hopes for better wages

The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2023

Morning Mail: Closing the Gap report shows ‘why we need a voice’, robodebt raised in Fadden fight, EU trade talks stall

Latest report shows four key targets for Indigenous outcomes are missed, as Labor highlights Stuart Robert’s links to welfare scandal in lead-up to Saturday’s byelection

The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2023

Yes, Australian businesses have become less dynamic. But there are bigger reasons for our sliding productivity growth

Since 2005, annual labour productivity growth (growth in output per hour worked) has been the best part of one percentage point below its long-term average in Australia and other developed countries.

The Conversation · Jun 25, 2023