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View our latest publications, including reports, policy and corporate documents and fact sheets.

Publications

Department of Agriculture—Norfolk Island Quarantine Survey 2012–2014

The Norfolk Island Quarantine Survey provides baseline data on which risk assessment is gathered to formulate options for future biosecurity arrangements ahead of extending Australia's border control arrangements for imports and exports.

Canberra a Capital Place: Report of the Independent Review of the National Capital Authority

Canberra_A_Capital_Place.pdf (2.33 MB)
The report of the independent review into the roles of the National Capital Authority and the ACT Government in planning the national capital by Dr Allan Hawke AC provided advice to the Federal Government on how to find the right balance for planning responsibilities between the Commonwealth and

Coastal shipping reform factsheet

Shipping_Reform_Fact_Sheet.pdf (199.27 KB)
Coastal shipping reform factsheet

Cloud Computing Regulatory Stock Take Report 

ABC and SBS efficiency study—executive summary

Executive summary of the ABC and SBS efficiency study—draft report.

Community Attitudes to Road Safety—2013 survey report

community_att_13.pdf (3.49 MB)
This report documents the findings from the Department's 2013 survey of community attitudes to road safety. The twenty-third in a series of national surveys on community attitudes to road safety was conducted in October and November 2013.

Camera effectiveness and backover collisions with pedestrians—a feasibility study

This report identifies international data sources in relation to back-over collisions with pedestrians and outlines how the effectiveness of reversing cameras could best be measured using the available international data sources.

ABC and SBS efficiency study—draft report

This study into the efficiency of the operations of the ABC and SBS examines costs for the day-to-day operations that deliver ABC and SBS programs, products and services, and proposes options to increase efficiency.

Spectrum Review - Terms of Reference

Terms of Reference for the Spectrum Review May 2014

Broadband Availability and Quality Report

Released 20 February 2014. The report compares the broadband technologies available to Australians in every part of the country and typical download speeds.