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Through our research, the Commission contributes to the public debate and encourages informed policy discussion. The Commission has six research streams:

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
  • Energy and Climate
  • Environment and Water
  • Health and Ageing
  • Industry and Trade
  • Productivity.

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.

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Industry Commission Submission to the Review of Business Programs - Industry Commission Submission

Released: 11 Mar 1997

An Industry Commission Submission to the Review of Business Programs, which was established to examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the programs in order to recommend principles that should apply to them.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/business-programs
A rationale for developing a linked employer-employee dataset for policy research - Staff Research Note

Released: 29 Jul 2016

This staff research note by Matthew Forbes and Patrick Jomini highlights the importance of Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) and provides a rationale for further developing the Foundation LEED for policy research.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/linked-employer-employee-data
Creating Markets for Ecosystem Services - Productivity Commission Staff Research Paper

Released: 19 Jun 2002

This paper investigates how well environmental problems related to salinity, biodiversity and climate change can be addressed by creating markets for ecosystem services.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/ecosystem-services
Productivity Commission Submission to the Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading

Released: 4 Apr 2007

This is a study of the potential economic and government revenue impacts of the NRA, as outlined in the 10 February 2006 COAG meeting Communique.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/emissions-trading
Resource Movements and Labour Productivity, an Australian Illustration: 1994-95 to 1997-98 - Productivity...

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
Submission regarding the Attorney General's Discussion Paper on 'Privacy Protection in the Private Sector'...

Released: 1 Dec 1996

This submission comments on the proposal to extend the scope of privacy protection would affect a very wide range of businesses. It focuses on the direct marketing industry as that industry would be particularly affected although the general points

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/privacy-protection
Assessing the Potential for Market Power in the National Electricity Market - Industry Commission Staff...

Released: 8 Jan 1997

Assessing the potential for market power in the National Electricity Market

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/electricity-market
Achieving Better Regulation of Services - Productivity Commission Conference Proceedings

Released: 26 Jun 2000

The Productivity Commission and the Australian National University jointly hosted a conference on 26-27 June 2000 in Canberra directed at improving the regulation of services industries in Australia and overseas.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/better-regulation
Responsiveness of Demand for Irrigation Water: A Focus on the Southern Murray-Darling Basin - Productivity...

Released: 31 Aug 2004

This paper explores the determinants of the elasticity of demand for irrigation water. It focuses on three main irrigated industries, rice, dairy and horticulture, to gain a greater understanding of the value that farmers place on water as an input.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/irrigation-responsiveness
Regulating Services Trade: Matching Policies to Objectives - Productivity Commission Conference Paper

Released: 22 Jun 2000

Professor Richard Snape, Deputy Chairman of the Productivity Commission, presented this paper to the Eleventh Annual NBER East Asian Seminar held in Seoul, 22-24 June, 2000.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/regulating-services
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