Public Submissions
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre is committed to contributing to the evidence base used to inform good public policy. In doing so, researchers at BCEC look to provide expert advice and information to government inquiries at both state and Federal levels. These include submissions to the Productivity Commission, Senate Committees, House of Representative and Joint Committee inquiries.
Submission to the NSW Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Social Issues: Inquiry into the prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness in NSW
This inquiry was established to inquire into and report on the prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness in New South Wales. BCEC’s response to the inquiry focused on the findings from our report, Stronger Together: Loneliness and social connectedness in... Read article
This inquiry was established to inquire into and report on the prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness in New South Wales. BCEC’s response to the inquiry focused on the findings from our report, Stronger Together: Loneliness and social connectedness in... Read article
Submission on a National Housing and Homelessness Plan Act 2024 (No. 2)
This submission was prepared in response to the inquiry into the National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024 (No. 2). This inquiry was established in response to the Private Members Bill introduced by Ms Kylea Tink MP and Senator David... Read article
This submission was prepared in response to the inquiry into the National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024 (No. 2). This inquiry was established in response to the Private Members Bill introduced by Ms Kylea Tink MP and Senator David... Read article
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth: Inquiry into the understanding and utilisation of benefits available to Australian industry and communities under Free Trade Agreements
This submission was prepared in response to the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth inquiry into benefits of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) to Australia. This inquiry was established to report on the understanding and utilisation of benefits available... Read article
This submission was prepared in response to the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth inquiry into benefits of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) to Australia. This inquiry was established to report on the understanding and utilisation of benefits available... Read article
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS: Inquiry into participant experience in rural, regional and remote Australia
This submission was prepared in response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (NDIS) inquiry into into participant experience in rural, regional and remote Australia. The submission highlights findings from Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre’s major report,... Read article
This submission was prepared in response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (NDIS) inquiry into into participant experience in rural, regional and remote Australia. The submission highlights findings from Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre’s major report,... Read article
Senate Inquiry Submission: Worsening rental crisis in Australia
This submission was prepared as a response to the Senate Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia. The submission highlights two major concerns with rental affordability in Australia; a lack of supply of affordable rental housing and rising rents... Read article
This submission was prepared as a response to the Senate Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia. The submission highlights two major concerns with rental affordability in Australia; a lack of supply of affordable rental housing and rising rents... Read article
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, December 2021
This submission was prepared for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. The Review examined the effectiveness of application of the Workplace Gender Equality Act and the existing practices of the... Read article
This submission was prepared for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. The Review examined the effectiveness of application of the Workplace Gender Equality Act and the existing practices of the... Read article
Royal Commission into Age Care Quality and Safety Submission on the Impact of COVID-19
This submission was prepared for the Royal Commission into Age Care Quality and Safety and drew from the findings from the Centre’s ‘To Health and Happiness: WA’s Health Industry Future‘ report, along with analysis from a range of data sources.... Read article
This submission was prepared for the Royal Commission into Age Care Quality and Safety and drew from the findings from the Centre’s ‘To Health and Happiness: WA’s Health Industry Future‘ report, along with analysis from a range of data sources.... Read article
Senate Inquiry Submission: Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students)
This submission was prepared as a response to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee inquiry into the Higher Education Support Amendment. The Centre drew from detailed analysis it had carried out on the impact of the proposed changes to... Read article
This submission was prepared as a response to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee inquiry into the Higher Education Support Amendment. The Centre drew from detailed analysis it had carried out on the impact of the proposed changes to... Read article
Retirement Incomes and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: Submission to the Treasury Retirement Incomes Review
The purpose of this submission is to impress upon the Secretariat and Treasury researchers conducting the review of Australia’s retirement income system of the need to include a focus on the adequacy of retirement incomes for Indigenous Australians and to... Read article
The purpose of this submission is to impress upon the Secretariat and Treasury researchers conducting the review of Australia’s retirement income system of the need to include a focus on the adequacy of retirement incomes for Indigenous Australians and to... Read article
Senate Inquiry Submission: The Future of Work and Workers
BCEC researchers have focussed a great deal of their academic work in examining social and economic issues affecting the labour market and workforce in Australia. This submission brings together a new body of evidence based on recent research released in BCEC’s Focus on... Read article
BCEC researchers have focussed a great deal of their academic work in examining social and economic issues affecting the labour market and workforce in Australia. This submission brings together a new body of evidence based on recent research released in BCEC’s Focus on... Read article
Senate Inquiry Submission: Gender segregation in the workplace and its impact on women’s economic equality
Researchers within the Centre have focussed a great deal of their academic work in examining social and economic issues affecting the economic equality and security of women. This submission brings together a new body of evidence based on recent research... Read article
Researchers within the Centre have focussed a great deal of their academic work in examining social and economic issues affecting the economic equality and security of women. This submission brings together a new body of evidence based on recent research... Read article
Senate Inquiry Submission: Economic Security for Women in Retirement
Researchers within the Centre have focussed a great deal of their academic work in examining social and economic issues affecting the economic security of women. This submission brings together a large body of evidence-based research and expertise, particularly around gender wealth... Read article
Researchers within the Centre have focussed a great deal of their academic work in examining social and economic issues affecting the economic security of women. This submission brings together a large body of evidence-based research and expertise, particularly around gender wealth... Read article
Senate Inquiry Submission: Home Ownership
Home ownership has always been, and will remain, the tenure of choice for households living in Greater Perth. A recent survey as part of the Housing We’d Choose: A Study for Perth and Peel report (Department of Housing, 2013) found... Read article
Home ownership has always been, and will remain, the tenure of choice for households living in Greater Perth. A recent survey as part of the Housing We’d Choose: A Study for Perth and Peel report (Department of Housing, 2013) found... Read article
Senate Inquiry Submission: The Extent of Income Inequality in Australia
This submission was prepared to inform the deliberations of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee during their inquiry into the Extent of Income Inequality in Australia. The submission draws on recent research conducted by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre that examined the... Read article
This submission was prepared to inform the deliberations of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee during their inquiry into the Extent of Income Inequality in Australia. The submission draws on recent research conducted by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre that examined the... Read article
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre team acknowledges the Wadjuk Nyungar people as the traditional owners of the land on which the Centre is situated.