Through our research, the Commission contributes to the public debate and encourages informed policy discussion.
The Commission has a statutory mandate to conduct a program of research to support its inquiries, annual reporting and other responsibilities, including promoting community awareness and understanding of various productivity and regulatory issues.
Released: 14 Nov 2001
On 14 November 2001 the paper, Constraints on Private Conservation: Some Challenges in Managing Australia's Tropical Rainforests was presented to the Annual Conference of the Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre in Cairns. The paper discusses the
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/rainforests
Released: 1 Apr 2001
This submission highlights elements of a regulatory framework that may contribute to more efficient and effective provision of conservation of biodiversity by the public and private sectors.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/qld-parks
Released: 11 Oct 2001
This paper examines the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Australia's productivity growth compared with the U.S.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/it-surge
Released: 27 Sep 2001
This paper analyses the incidence of contractor-type employment and the characteristics of people working as contractors.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/self-employed
Released: 23 Jul 2001
The Commission provides comments on: why and how the Australian government should continue to support trade liberalisation and the WTO system; Australia's main interests in the agenda for a new round of multilateral negotiations; and other
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/trade-negotiations
Released: 30 Aug 2001
This paper compares the prices paid by Australian electricity customers with those paid by customers of electricity utilities in Canada, Germany, Israel and the United States.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/electricity-prices
Released: 4 Apr 2001
This paper examines labour productivity at the level of the firm, in contrast to most analyses to date that have used more aggregated data.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/resource-movements
Released: 4 Dec 2001
This paper provides an economic perspective on the role the private sector can play in conservation of biodiversity. It focuses on opportunities for governments to facilitate biodiversity conservation by enabling markets to allocate resources better.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/private-conservation
Released: 4 Apr 2001
Computable General Equilibrium Models for Evaluating Domestic Greenhouse Policies in Australia by Jack Pezzey and Ross Lambie was released on 4 April 2001.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/evaluating-greenhouse
Released: 11 May 2001
This paper discusses the principles for sharing the costs of conservation between individuals, groups and the general community.
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/cost-sharing-biodiversity
We undertake other policy relevant research in addition to our commissioned public inquiries and studies. This web page lists our current research projects.
This is our catalogue of policy relevant research that has been completed.
Commission staff undertake supporting research and analysis, data compilation and model development in support of our inquiry and study activity.
Employment & Education
Industry & Trade
Natural Resources
Productivity Analysis
Social & Community