Productivity inquiry (2023)

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Submissions received for the second Productivity review inquiry.

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Submissions received before the release of the first interim report are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
1	John Dahlsen (PDF - 634.1 KB)	29	15/02/2022
2	Citizen’s Dividend Organisation (CDO) (PDF - 407.2 KB)	11	27/02/2022
3	Australians for Northern Development and Economic Vision (ANDEV) (PDF - 92.3 KB)	4	28/02/2022
4	Local Government Elected Members Association (LGEMA) (PDF - 607.9 KB)	40	11/03/2022
5	Geoffrey Taperell (PDF - 157.6 KB)	2	16/03/2022
6	Australian Automobile Association (AAA) (PDF - 1.3 MB)	10	18/03/2022
7	Dr William Merrilees (PDF - 110.1 KB)	9	21/03/2022
8	Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) (PDF - 209.3 KB)	5	22/03/2022
9	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (PDF - 266.8 KB)	10	22/03/2022
10	Infrastructure Victoria (PDF - 195.6 KB)	4	22/03/2022
11	Graham Barry (PDF - 86.6 KB)	2	22/03/2022
	Graham Barry (Word - 16.6 KB)
12	Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) (PDF - 393.1 KB)	7	22/03/2022
13	Gemaker (PDF - 226.3 KB)	3	22/03/2022
14	GSK Australia (PDF - 432.5 KB)	11	22/03/2022
15	Beyond Blue (PDF - 242.1 KB)	4	23/03/2022
16	Business Council of Australia (BCA) (PDF - 1.8 MB)	13	23/03/2022
17	Dr Jenny Gordon (PDF - 370.7 KB)	13	23/03/2022
	Dr Jenny Gordon (Word - 326.0 KB)
18	Digital Service Providers Australia New Zealand (DSPANZ) (PDF - 104.7 KB)	4	23/03/2022
19	Consumer Policy Research Centre (CPRC) (PDF - 208.1 KB)	6	23/03/2022
20	Tasmanian Small Business Council (TSBC) (PDF - 148.6 KB)	2	23/03/2022
	Tasmanian Small Business Council (TSBC) (Word - 256.9 KB)
21	Australian Education Union Federal Office (AEU) (PDF - 431.5 KB)	14	23/03/2022
22	Volunteering Australia (PDF - 261.7 KB)	12	23/03/2022
23	Tenfold Australia (PDF - 128.1 KB)	4	23/03/2022
	Tenfold Australia (Word - 22.7 KB)
24	Black Dog Institute (PDF - 188.7 KB)	5	23/03/2022
	Attachment: Modern work - how changes to the way we work are impacting Australian's mental health (PDF - 4.3 MB)	60	23/03/2022
25	Roads Australia (RA) (PDF - 386.2 KB)	9	23/03/2022
26	The Smith Family (PDF - 416.7 KB)	19	23/03/2022
27	Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) (PDF - 346.8 KB)	3	23/03/2022
	Attachment: Healthy people, healthy systems (PDF - 1.9 MB)	16	23/03/2022
28	Consult Australia (PDF - 420.6 KB)	12	23/03/2022
29	Complementary Medicines Australia (CMA) and NICM Health Research Institute (PDF - 565.4 KB)	23	23/03/2022
30	AIA Australia (PDF - 236.2 KB)	6	23/03/2022
31	IPA-Deakin SME Research Centre (IDSRC) (PDF - 483.8 KB)	26	23/03/2022
	IPA-Deakin SME Research Centre (IDSRC) (Word - 150.4 KB)
32	Business Excellence Australia (BEA) (PDF - 314.0 KB)	13	23/03/2022
	Business Excellence Australia (BEA) (Word - 62.1 KB)
33	Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA) (PDF - 323.4 KB)	9	23/03/2022
34	Australian Childcare Alliance, Early Learning and Care Council of Australia and The Front Project (PDF - 276.6 KB)	16	23/03/2022
35	Chemistry Australia Ltd (PDF - 120.4 KB)	2	23/03/2022
	Attachment: Our Ambition for Australia (PDF - 1.1 MB)	24	23/03/2022
36	National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) (PDF - 392.3 KB)	11	23/03/2022
	Attachment A: NTEU 2022-23 Federal Budget Submission (PDF - 681.0 KB)	22	23/03/2022
	Attachment B: Issues Paper: The Growth of Insecure Employment in Higher Education (PDF - 778.7 KB)	13	23/03/2022
	Attachments C and D * in confidence content omitted	-	23/03/2022
	Attachment E: Australia’s Higher Education system compared to the OECD (PDF - 313.4 KB)	3	23/03/2022
37	Grattan Institute (PDF - 34.1 KB)	2	23/03/2022
	Attachment: Orange Book 2022: Policy priorities for the federal government (PDF - 6.3 MB)	141	23/03/2022
38	Civil Contractors Federation National (CCF) (PDF - 387.6 KB)	7	23/03/2022
39	Animal Medicines Australian (AMA) (PDF - 260.5 KB)	11	23/03/2022
40	Prof Christopher O’Donnell (PDF - 1.0 MB)	31	23/03/2022
41	Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) (PDF - 289.8 KB)	12	23/03/2022
42	Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) (PDF - 522.1 KB)	14	23/03/2022
	Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) (Word - 364.9 KB)
43	Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) (PDF - 343.4 KB)	16	23/03/2022
44	Australian Institute of Company Directors’ (AICD) (PDF - 391.1 KB)	14	23/03/2022
45	Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) (PDF - 177.3 KB)	3	23/03/2022
46	Global Sisters (PDF - 430.5 KB)	16	23/03/2022
	Global Sisters (Word - 352.0 KB)
47	Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) (PDF - 524.4 KB)	32	23/03/2022
	Attachment: Overcoming Australia's Labour and Skills Shortages through Skills Development, Workforce Participation and Migration (PDF - 919.6 KB)	29	23/03/2022
48	Ausfilm (PDF - 168.6 KB)	7	24/03/2022
	Ausfilm (Word - 41.2 KB)
49	Property Council of Australia (PDF - 365.6 KB)	9	24/03/2022
50	The Hon Reg Hamilton (PDF - 641.8 KB)	49	08/03/2022
	The Hon Reg Hamilton (Word - 157.1 KB)
51	Tech Council of Australia (TCA) (PDF - 831.4 KB)	20	24/03/2022
52	Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) (PDF - 145.7 KB)	5	25/03/2022
	Attachment: 2022-23 Pre-Budget Submission - Letter of Support (PDF - 142.2 KB)	6	25/03/2022
53	Financial Services Council (FSC) (PDF - 495.2 KB)	18	25/03/2022
	Attachment: Policy Priorities 2022 (PDF - 254.3 KB)	18	25/03/2022
54	Australian HR Institute (AHRI) (PDF - 169.8 KB)	9	27/03/2022
55	Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) (PDF - 680.7 KB)	20	29/03/2022
56	Primary Focus (PDF - 417.2 KB)	29	30/03/2022
57	Tabcorp (PDF - 342.3 KB)	4	30/03/2022
58	Master Builders Australia (MBA) (PDF - 827.3 KB)	40	30/03/2022
59	Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) (PDF - 384.3 KB)	7	30/03/2022
60	KPMG (PDF - 1.7 MB)	23	30/03/2022
61	Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) (PDF - 178.5 KB)	5	31/03/2022
62	Customer Owned Banking Association (COBA) (PDF - 275.4 KB)	9	31/03/2022
63	Australian Investment Council (AIC) (PDF - 604.6 KB)	17	31/03/2022
64	Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) (PDF - 290.4 KB)	7	05/04/2022
65	Australasian Railway Association (ARA) (PDF - 175.6 KB)	18	05/04/2022
66	TechnologyOne (PDF - 280.2 KB)	5	21/03/2022
67	Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PDF - 184.4 KB)	27	12/03/2022
68	Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) (PDF - 145.8 KB)	4	12/04/2022
69	Bupa (PDF - 204.1 KB)	13	22/04/2022
	Attachment: A sustainable private health care sector (PDF - 544.8 KB)	51	22/04/2022
70	Universities Australia (PDF - 1.0 MB)	43	26/04/2022
71	Australian Investment Council (AIC) (PDF - 302.6 KB)	15	29/04/2022
72	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) (PDF - 279.6 KB)	11	10/06/2022
73	Australian Constructors Association (ACA) (PDF - 1.0 MB)	12	17/06/2022
74	Ben Blackburn Racing (PDF - 2.1 MB)	32	05/07/2022

Submissions received after the release of the first interim report are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
75	Kevin Cox (PDF - 94.3 KB)	3	05/08/2022
	Kevin Cox (Word - 18.1 KB)
76	Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) (PDF - 447.0 KB)	13	07/09/2022
77	Phillip Hone (PDF - 131.0 KB)	4	12/09/2022
	Phillip Hone (Word - 23.5 KB)
78	Catholic Health Australia (CHA) (PDF - 314.3 KB)	10	16/09/2022
79	TechnologyOne (PDF - 672.6 KB)	9	28/09/2022
80	Salesforce (PDF - 601.3 KB)	4	29/09/2022
81	Ben Blackburn Racing (PDF - 266.5 KB)	3	04/10/2022
82	PEXA (PDF - 317.2 KB)	16	06/10/2022
	Attachment: Submission to the Review of the Consumer Data Right (PDF - 462.4 KB)	6	06/10/2022
83	Australian Investment Council - re: The Key to Prosperity (PDF - 464.5 KB)	9	06/10/2022
84	Australian Investment Council - re: Australia's data and digital dividend (PDF - 485.8 KB)	7	06/10/2022
85	Engineers Australia (PDF - 383.0 KB)	15	07/10/2022
86	Dr Holly Randell-Moon (PDF - 88.5 KB)	4	07/10/2022
87	eSafety Commissioner (PDF - 180.8 KB)	4	07/10/2022
88	Urban Taskforce (PDF - 590.6 KB)	35	07/10/2022
89	Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) (PDF - 257.0 KB)	6	07/10/2022
90	Queensland Nurses and Midwives' Union (QNMU) (PDF - 210.8 KB)	8	07/10/2022
	Attachment: Submission to National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development Review Interim Report (PDF - 336.6 KB)	15	07/10/2022
91	John O’Donnell (PDF - 215.7 KB)	10	10/10/2022
92	University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (PDF - 91.0 KB)	6	12/10/2022
93	Actuaries Institute (PDF - 106.3 KB)	7	17/10/2022
94	CPA Australia (PDF - 331.6 KB)	9	18/10/2022
95	Association of Retired Principals of Technical Institutions (ARPTI) (PDF - 182.8 KB)	3	18/10/2022
	Association of Retired Principals of Technical Institutions (ARPTI) (Word - 19.8 KB)
	Attachment 1: National Review of Teacher Registration 2018 position paper (PDF - 353.5 KB)	7	18/10/2022
	Attachment 1: National Review of Teacher Registration 2018 position paper (Word - 6.2 MB)
	Attachment 2: Building a high quality sustainable 'VET in schools' workforce (PDF - 309.3 KB)	11	18/10/2022
	Attachment 2: Building a high quality sustainable 'VET in schools' workforce (Word - 41.9 KB)
96	Australian Digital Inclusion Alliance (ADIA) (PDF - 83.0 KB)	4	19/10/2022
97	JCSF Consulting Pty Ltd (PDF - 234.6 KB)	4	19/10/2022
98	Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) (PDF - 239.1 KB)	6	19/10/2022
99	Energy Skills Australia (ESA) (PDF - 297.3 KB)	6	19/10/2022
100	Assoc Prof Chris Wright (PDF - 221.0 KB)	14	19/10/2022
101	Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) (PDF - 85.2 KB)	2	20/10/2022
	Attachment: IChemE position on Climate Change (PDF - 2.1 MB)	5	20/10/2022
102	Prof John Quiggin (PDF - 137.8 KB)	5	20/10/2022
	Prof John Quiggin (Word - 23.7 KB)
103	Electrical Trades Union of Australia (ETU) (PDF - 144.0 KB)	2	20/10/2022
104	Career Development Association Australia (CDAA) (PDF - 161.4 KB)	4	20/10/2022
105	Australian Constructors Association (ACA) (PDF - 154.6 KB)	3	20/10/2022
	Australian Constructors Association (ACA) (Word - 426.9 KB)
106	CPA Australia (PDF - 336.3 KB)	12	20/10/2022
107	Dr Ann Villiers (PDF - 314.2 KB)	13	20/06/2022
108	National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) (PDF - 207.3 KB)	3	20/10/2022
109	Hireup (PDF - 77.1 KB)	2	20/10/2022
110	National Rural Health Alliance (PDF - 426.3 KB)	10	20/10/2022
111	Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA) (PDF - 680.3 KB)	13	20/10/2022
112	The Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PDF - 213.2 KB)	3	20/10/2022
	The Pharmacy Guild of Australia (Word - 37.8 KB)
113	Richard Caladine (PDF - 344.8 KB)	22	20/10/2022
114	eBay Australia and New Zealand (PDF - 152.5 KB)	5	20/10/2022
115	Consumer Policy Research Centre (CPRC) (PDF - 272.3 KB)	8	20/10/2022
116	Australian Council of Deans of Education Vocational Education Group (ACDEVEG) (PDF - 151.8 KB)	2	20/10/2022
	Australian Council of Deans of Education Vocational Education Group (ACDEVEG) (Word - 31.9 KB)
117	Ray Johnson (PDF - 218.8 KB)	5	21/10/2022
	Ray Johnson (Word - 31.9 KB)
118	Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) (PDF - 344.9 KB)	15	21/10/2022
119	Country Universities Centre (PDF - 262.2 KB)	8	21/10/2022
	Country Universities Centre (Word - 3.3 MB)
120	Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA) (PDF - 945.7 KB)	19	21/10/2022
121	Vocus Group Ltd (PDF - 233.5 KB)	5	21/10/2022
122	Teachers and Teaching Research Centre (TTRC) – University of Melbourne (PDF - 258.4 KB)	7	21/10/2022
123	Department of Finance (PDF - 140.2 KB)	4	21/10/2022
124	Australian Learning Lecture (PDF - 101.3 KB)	9	21/10/2022
125	Ashton de Silva, Emmanuelle Walkowiak, Maria Yanotti, Sarah Sinclair, Sveta Angelopoulos (PDF - 439.9 KB)	20	21/10/2022
126	Medicines Australia (PDF - 58.8 KB)	2	21/10/2022
127	Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (PDF - 397.5 KB)	17	21/10/2022
	Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (Word - 414.5 KB)
128	CSIRO (PDF - 168.3 KB)	6	21/10/2022
129	Pfizer Australia (PDF - 690.2 KB)	7	21/10/2022
130	Adrian Foley (PDF - 167.9 KB)	4	21/10/2022
131	Australian Aluminium Council (PDF - 854.3 KB)	8	21/10/2022
132	Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) (PDF - 301.2 KB)	14	21/10/2022
133	Alphacrucis University College (AC) (PDF - 406.3 KB)	18	21/10/2022
134	BSA \| The Software Alliance (PDF - 228.3 KB)	9	21/10/2022
135	Australian Investment Council Ltd (PDF - 903.1 KB)	15	21/10/2022
136	Business Excellence Australia (PDF - 161.6 KB)	5	21/10/2022
137	Gary McLaren (PDF - 228.0 KB)	9	21/10/2022
138	Simon Kwok (PDF - 186.3 KB)	4	21/10/2022
139	Seer Data and Analytics (PDF - 126.1 KB)	6	21/10/2022
140	MTC Australia (PDF - 292.0 KB)	4	21/10/2022
	MTC Australia (Word - 124.9 KB)
141	Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (dassh) (PDF - 123.9 KB)	3	21/10/2022
142	Large Format Retail Association (LFRA) (PDF - 466.6 KB)	18	21/10/2022
	Attachment: Submission to NSW Proposed Employment Zones Reform (PDF - 2.9 MB)	421	21/10/2022
143	Desmond Griffith (PDF - 151.1 KB)	11	21/10/2022
	Desmond Griffith (Word - 61.8 KB)
	Attachment: Universities and Tetiary Education (PDF - 211.2 KB)	17	21/10/2022
	Attachment: Universities and Tetiary Education (Word - 61.0 KB)
144	Smartsat CRC (PDF - 256.0 KB)	4
145	Australian Digital Health Agency (PDF - 305.8 KB)	8	21/10/2022
146	Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) (PDF - 228.7 KB)	9	21/10/2022
147	NBN Co (PDF - 331.4 KB)	9	21/10/2022
148	Bill Ranken (PDF - 223.8 KB)	10	21/10/2022
	Bill Ranken (Word - 61.9 KB)
149	Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) (PDF - 240.7 KB)	3	21/10/2022
	Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) (Word - 1003.8 KB)
150	Dr Ian Cornford (PDF - 233.2 KB)	16	21/10/2022
	Dr Ian Cornford (Word - 55.6 KB)
151	Roads Australia (PDF - 213.3 KB)	10	21/10/2022
152	Mable Technologies (PDF - 100.9 KB)	3	21/10/2022
153	Australian Council of Deans of Health Sciences (ACDHS) (PDF - 286.4 KB)	5	21/10/2022
	Australian Council of Deans of Health Sciences (ACDHS) (Word - 117.2 KB)
154	Regional Universities Network (RUN) (PDF - 160.4 KB)	6	21/10/2022
155	Professors’ Nicholas Biddle and Matthew Gray (PDF - 52.0 KB)	2	21/10/2022
	Attachment: Data trust and data privacy - A brake on the data and digital dividend? (PDF - 311.4 KB)	18	21/10/2022
156	Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association of Australia Inc (ICPA) (PDF - 192.6 KB)	5	21/10/2022
157	VETASSESS (PDF - 464.2 KB)	17	21/10/2022
158	University of Melbourne Graduate Student Association (GSA) (PDF - 244.5 KB)	4	21/10/2022
	University of Melbourne Graduate Student Association (GSA) (Word - 243.5 KB)
159	Business Excellence Australia (re: Interim Report 3) (PDF - 180.2 KB)	5	21/10/2022
160	Monash Q Project - Monash University (PDF - 560.1 KB)	10	21/10/2022
161	Australian Energy Council (AEC) (PDF - 260.9 KB)	5	21/10/2022
162	Per Capita Australia (PDF - 207.1 KB)	12	21/10/2022
	Per Capita Australia (Word - 80.1 KB)
163	Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) (PDF - 255.8 KB)	9	21/10/2022
	Attachment: 5G Unleashed - Realising the potential of the next generation of mobile technology (PDF - 7.6 MB)	56	21/10/2022
164	Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) (PDF - 486.9 KB)	12	21/10/2022
165	Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) (PDF - 387.9 KB)	14	21/10/2022
166	Volunteering Australia (PDF - 216.2 KB)	8	21/10/2022
167	National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and Regional, Rural and Remote Communications Coalition (RRRCC) (PDF - 244.5 KB)	3	21/10/2022
168	Internet Association of Australia’s (IAA) (PDF - 116.2 KB)	6	21/10/2022
169	Professor Julia Horne (PDF - 131.1 KB)	2	21/10/2022
170	Self-Employed Australia (SEA) (PDF - 313.0 KB)	7	22/10/2022
171	Ronald Jackson (PDF - 417.6 KB)	20	22/10/2022
172	Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA) (PDF - 221.0 KB)	10	22/10/2022
173	Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) (PDF - 246.3 KB)	16	24/10/2022
174	Telstra Corporation (PDF - 715.4 KB)	37	24/10/2022
175	Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) (PDF - 421.5 KB)	35	24/10/2022
176	Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) (PDF - 385.9 KB)	8	25/10/2022
177	Innovative Research Universities (IRU) (PDF - 216.2 KB)	3	26/10/2022
178	David Wadley (PDF - 482.7 KB)	16	28/10/2022
179	Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) (PDF - 289.9 KB)	19	28/10/2022
180	Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) (PDF - 249.2 KB)	6	30/10/2022
181	Business Council of Australia (BCA) (PDF - 1.0 MB)	18	02/11/2022
	Attachment: Releasing the handbrakes on growth (PDF - 416.5 KB)	44	02/11/2022
182	La Trobe University (PDF - 184.1 KB)	3	02/11/2022
183	88.io (PDF - 144.0 KB)	3	03/11/2022
184	Monash University (PDF - 134.9 KB)	9	03/11/2022
185	Grok Academy (PDF - 79.5 KB)	6	04/11/2022
186	University of Melbourne (PDF - 213.2 KB)	10	04/11/2022
187	Group of Eight (PDF - 1.5 MB)	118	04/11/2022
188	Science and Technology Australia (PDF - 481.4 KB)	9	04/11/2022
189	Regional Development Australia Tasmania (RDAT) (PDF - 295.4 KB)	4	04/10/2022
190	Master Builders Australia (PDF - 74.2 KB)	12	04/11/2022
191	WiseTech Global (PDF - 95.8 KB)	6	04/11/2022
192	KPMG (PDF - 141.7 KB)	6	07/11/2022
193	GrainGrowers (PDF - 572.7 KB)	18	08/11/2022
194	Cooperative Research Australia (CRA) (PDF - 253.3 KB)	7	08/11/2022
195	Universities Australia (UA) (PDF - 253.5 KB)	8	09/11/2022
196	Tasmanian Government (PDF - 249.0 KB)	20	09/11/2022
197	Dr Tom Karmel (PDF - 179.7 KB)	8
198	MYOB (PDF - 748.9 KB)	6	11/11/2022
199	Robert Wildermuth OAM (PDF - 405.5 KB)	8	12/11/2022
	Attachment: Submission to Inquiry into Procurement Practices for Government-funded Infrastructure (PDF - 561.9 KB)	15	12/11/2022
200	Australian Academy of Science (PDF - 201.7 KB)	3	21/11/2022
201	Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (DITRDCA) (PDF - 735.7 KB)	20	28/11/2022
202	APSCo (PDF - 191.1 KB)	6	09/12/2022
203	Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) (PDF - 224.2 KB)	6	12/12/2022

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