A commissioner appointed to oversee the Productivity Commission's GST distribution review is on record with her concerns over the “inequalities” created by the current tax arrangement.
Regulation of AI risks preventing the technology from boosting Australia's weaning productivity, a new report from the Productivity Commission has found ahead of this month's roundtable.
Australia could cut its company tax rate by up to 10 per cent under recommendations put forward by the productivity commission ahead of this month's productivity roundtable.
ANALYSIS: A move by Fremantle Ports to hike its fees from October, and an angry response from industry, is the latest warning against rising supply chain costs at sea and on land.
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Master Builders Australia has called for a reduction in red tape for residential construction, amid revelations WA had the slowest approval to completion for new homes in the nation.
Federal governments would risk losing every seat in Western Australia if they tore up the GST deal, Rita Saffioti says, as pressure once again ramps up on the government to axe it.
The amount of assistance provided by taxpayers to Australian industry increased last year to $13.8 billion and it is increasingly difficult to assess its value, a report has found.
A review into Australia's woeful productivity performance is expected to contain 71 reform recommendations to lift pay packets and boost national prosperity.
St John WA's executive team will be halved under a new group model that recently installed chief Kevin Brown has conceded ‘may feel disruptive' in the months ahead.
It took less than 10 minutes on average for Perth ambulances to respond to emergencies in the year to June 2022, the second best performance in the country.
Anthony Albanese wants federal, state and territory healthcare systems to work together better but faces calls from leaders to increase Commonwealth spending.
The Nationals will not support efforts to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution, threatening the chances of a referendum passing.
A mandatory labelling scheme for inauthentic Aboriginal art could curb the sale of fake souvenirs, according to a new draft report by the Productivity Commission.
Government boards in WA are among the least political in the country, according to new research that has found federal boards to be stacked with party-affiliated appointees.
Profit-seeking projects, rather than community infrastructure, have attracted concessions through the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility, amid questions over public benefit.
An ageing population, environmentalism and automation will be big trends affecting employment in the next decade, with caring and creative jobs advantaged for growth. Click through for our list of WA's biggest employers.
Recent changes to how the federal government supports non-government schools could lead to major funding disparities, according to new research from Save Our Schools.
Changes to Infrastructure WA and an appraisal of public projects' long-term benefits would help prevent poor outcomes from a wave of COVID-19 infrastructure spending, a new report suggests.
Australian farmers are among the least subsidised in the world, while government support has shifted from manufacturing into the services industry in recent years, according to two new reports.
Domestic gas reservation schemes have earned a rebuke from the Productivity Commission, while it has called for an end to drilling bans and warned on the massive cost of approval delays.
Australia's four major airports achieved record profit in the past financial year, according to the ACCC, with Perth Airport touting its high passenger satisfaction relative to its counterparts on the east coast.
Peter Quinlan spent plenty of time listening during an appearance at ‘Justice Reinvestment' earlier this month, a panel discussion hosted by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia.
A suggestion by the Productivity Commission that Australia should employ wellbeing leaders to oversee mental health policy has raised debate over how schools can best approach mental health.
Mining project approval delays will be the target of a one-year Productivity Commission review looking at how to streamline regulation across Australia's resources sector.
Airlines for Australia and New Zealand (A4ANZ) says the Productivity Commission's draft report into Australia's airports, released in January, falls well short of what should be expected from the commission.
Treasury secretary Phil Gaetjens has said policies to improve labour productivity would be critical if Australia was to continue its record run of growth, while hitting back at claims about growing inequality.
