On 9 April 2024, the House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training adopted an inquiry into the digital transformation of workplaces following a referral from the Minister for ...

On 26 March 2024, the Senate referred an inquiry into Excess Mortality to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 August 2024. Further detail about the scope of ...

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2.267The committee recommends that: proposed paragraphs 79(6)(b) and 90SM(6)(b) are amended to replace ‘sold’ with ‘rehome’, and proposed subsections 79(6) and 90SM(6) are amended to clearly state ...

6.15The committee recommends that the Australian Government re-establish a governance structure under the National Cabinet architecture, bringing together representatives with responsibility for law ...

2.9The 2022 floods cost the economy an estimated $5 billion from lost economic activity. [18] Between February and November 2022, the Australian Government provided $3.47 billion in relief measures to ...

4.1Australian households are facing significant cost of living pressures on all fronts. Compounding many Australians struggling with their energy bills, as set out in the previous chapter, the ...

Consumer understanding of insurance policies at sign-on and renewal 5.5Improving consumer understanding of the policy they are taking out has been a decades-long challenge for the insurance industry, ...

Most formal meetings require secretariat support to ensure they are conducted according to certain rules and procedure. The Senate is no different. Every sitting day senior officers of the Department ...

This chapter explores the opportunities and challenges facing Australian agriculture in Southeast Asia. It outlines findings of the Moore report, the Australian Government’s response to it, and ...

Though not the focus of the inquiry, participants shared insights on how the Australian, state and local governments can better support communities to prepare, respond and recover from floods. This ...

This year (2022) has seen global human displacement rise to record levels. Australia offers resettlement to refugees through the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), but the number ...