Supporting research and data
Commission staff undertake supporting research and analysis, data compilation and model development in support of our inquiry and study activity.
Regulating AI in high-risk settings
17 / 10 / 2024
The Productivity Commission made a submission to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources’ proposals paper for 'Introducing mandatory guardrails for AI in high-risk settings'.
Principles for a National Water Agreement
14 / 10 / 2024
The Productivity Commission provided feedback to the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water's consultation on draft principles of the National Water Agreement.
Truth and Justice Commission legislation
12 / 09 / 2024
The Productivity Commission (PC) made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affair’s Inquiry into the Truth and Justice Commission Bill 2024.
Veterans' support legislation
16 / 08 / 2024
The Commission made a submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee inquiry into the Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024 (the VETS Bill).
Future Made in Australia legislation
02 / 08 / 2024
The Commission made a submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee inquiry into the Future Made in Australia (FMIA) legislation.
Impact of climate risk on insurance premiums and availability
05 / 07 / 2024
The Productivity Commission made a submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Impact of Climate Risk on Insurance Premiums and Availability inquiry.
Understanding and utilisation of benefits under Free Trade Agreements
21 / 06 / 2024
The Productivity Commission made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth. This submission draws mainly on the Commission’s work on trade and relates to the inquiry's terms of reference (TOR) parts a to d.
Review of the Report on Government Services and Performance Reporting Dashboard
12 / 06 / 2024
The Review of Government Service Provision (RGSP) Secretariat made a submission to the Council on Federal Financial Relations' Review of the Report on Government Services and Performance Reporting Dashboard.
Why are investment hurdle rates so high? Risk or market power?
06 / 06 / 2024
This staff working paper discusses the implications for investment and productivity, and questions the role of market power in Australia and the measurement of intangible capital and the risk-free rate.
Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI)
31 / 05 / 2024
The Productivity Commission made a submission to the Senate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI). The submission makes three key points in relation to opportunities to adopt AI in ways that will benefit economic growth, drawing from the Commission’s recent research.
Competition review: merger reform
11 / 04 / 2024
This Commission submission is in response to a request by the Treasury's Competition Taskforce.
Pharmacy Business Ownership
09 / 02 / 2024
This Commission submission covers aspects of the Inquiry into Queensland's Pharmacy Business Ownership Bill 2023.
An iterative method for solving CGE models
26 / 10 / 2023
This paper presents a solution method for computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, an alternative to the conventional methods based on matrix inversion and mathematical solvers.
Negotiating trade and investment agreements
02 / 10 / 2023
This Commission submission argues among other things that broad and active consultation is required for agreements contribute to community-wide wellbeing and avoid being biased toward sectoral interests.
Commonwealth bilateral air service agreements
20 / 09 / 2023
This Commission submission makes two key points: Benefits of further liberalisation and transparent cost-benefit analysis.
Worsening rental crisis in Australia
18 / 09 / 2023
This Commission submission draws on the Commission’s published work on private renters and rental policy issues.
What can we learn about industries’ vulnerability to overseas price shocks from Merchandise trade data in BLADE?
23 / 06 / 2023
This paper by Melisa Bubonya, Catherine de Fontenay, Tyler Reysenbach, Phillip Smith and James Thiris introduces an alternative Australian dataset that provides insight into the use of inputs in different industries, and the likely impact of a cost shock on each of those industries.
Promoting economic dynamism, competition and business formation
06 / 04 / 2023
This Commission submission considers recent trends in key indicators of dynamism — firm entry and exit, concentration, price-markups, labour market mobility and investment.
National Electric Vehicle Strategy
21 / 11 / 2022
This Commission submission focusses on some of the issues raised in the National Electric Vehicle Strategy consultation paper.
Head in the cloud: Firm performance and cloud service
26 / 10 / 2022
This paper by Henry McMillan, Tim Murray, Catherine de Fontenay and Ralph Lattimore was presented at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) joint conference on the Economic implications of the digital economy in Sydney on 9-10 March 2022.