IHEA Submissions to Productivity Commission ‘Productivity Inquiry’

Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA) has provided final submissions to two interim reports of the Productivity Commission 'Productivity Inquiry'.

The Productivity Commission's Productivity Inquiry is reviewing Australia’s productivity performance with a view to recommending an actionable roadmap to assist governments to make productivity-enhancing reforms. This current Inquiry is being undertaken at a five-yearly interval, with first Inquiry completed in 2017.

As part of this Inquiry, the Productivity Commission released series of interim reports.

IHEA provided final submissions to two of these: Interim Report 1: Key to Prosperity and Interim Report 5: From Learning to Growth.

Interim Report 1 provides the broad productivity context for the exploration of productivity-enhancing reforms detailed in a series of forthcoming interim reports. IHEA's final submission to this report was received by Productivity Commission on 20 October 2022.

Interim Report 5 outlines potential ways governments can improve education outcomes to support future productivity. IHEA's final submission to this report was received by Productivity Commission on 21 October 2022.

Thank you to IHEA members who provided feedback on the final submissions.

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