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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 Stream
  • Climate Change and Energy
  • 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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Understanding and utilisation of benefits under Free Trade Agreements - Productivity Commission submission

Released: 21 Jun 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.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/understanding-free-trade-agreements
Advances in measuring healthcare productivity

Released: 23 Apr 2024

This paper estimates productivity growth for one third of Australia’s healthcare sector and benchmarks our level of productivity against that of other countries’ healthcare sectors.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/measuring-healthcare-productivity
Competition review: merger reform - Productivity Commission submission

Released: 11 Apr 2024

This Commission submission is in response to a request by the Treasury's Competition Taskforce.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/competition-review-mergers
Towards Levyathan? Industry levies in Australia

Released: 12 Dec 2023

This paper explores the evolution of Australian industry levies since Federation, how they represent a growing form of micro-taxation in Australia, and the potential factors that have supported their proliferation. The report also provides a

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/industry-levies
Aviation modelling - Commission Research Paper

Released: 15 Dec 2023

This research paper uses PC National computable general equilibrium model to estimate the industry, sectoral and economy-wide effects of competition policy reforms in the Australian air transport industry.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/aviation-modelling
Pharmacy Business Ownership - Productivity Commission submission

Released: 9 Feb 2024

This Commission submission covers aspects of the Inquiry into Queensland's Pharmacy Business Ownership Bill 2023.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/pharmacy-business-ownership
Worsening rental crisis in Australia - Productivity Commission submission

Released: 18 Sep 2023

This Commission submission draws on the Commission’s published work on private renters and rental policy issues.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/rental-crisis
An iterative method for solving CGE models - Conference Paper

Released: 26 Oct 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.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/cge-iterative-method
Making the most of the AI opportunity: productivity, regulation and data access

Released: 1 Feb 2024

In this set of three papers, the Productivity Commission places Australia’s AI opportunity in a global context, to consider how our governments can help to maximise the potential economic benefits of this evolving technology.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/making-the-most-of-the-ai-opportunity
The nuisance cost of tariffs - Commission Research Paper

Released: 5 Aug 2022

This research paper was released on 5 August 2022. The report argues that in Australia’s low tariff-rate environment, the costs of the tariffs arise primarily from the complexity of the tariff system rather than from distortions to the economy.

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/nuisance-tariffs
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