The Latest Breaking News from Productivity Commission

Ways to get Australians donating more to charities and volunteering their time have been detailed in a Productivity Commission report.

Productivity Commission report requested by Labor calls for a universal system of childcare, regardless of family’s income

A major new report is recommending bold changes to Australia’s early childhood sector. On Thursday night, the Productivity Commission released an interim report from its inquiry into early childhood education and care.

Jim Chalmers – as if he doesn’t have enough on his plate – is marching into the centre of energy policy.

An independent review into the Productivity Commission has uncovered sexism, harassment and bullying, prompting a range of workplace reforms.

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

Gateway cities around the world are so important to national prosperity that they need to be actively supported and with customised arrangements. Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is right when he says a new relationship between government and the council is required, argues Mark Thomas

What needs to change to greatly reduce youth homelessness in Australia? Now is the time to find answers to this question, and not just because it’s National Homelessness Week.

A report this week from the Productivity Commission has exposed – without spelling it out – an odd shortcoming in the Albanese government’s sales pitch for its Voice proposal.

This week’s appointment of Wayne Swan’s former chief of staff Chris Barrett to head the Productivity Commission puts the annual Trade and Assistance Review it released this month under a more searching spotlight than usual.

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.