The former Queensland Productivity Commission, established in 2015, provided independent economic and policy advice, addressing complex issues through six public inquiries on topics such as electricity pricing, Indigenous communities, and imprisonment. It also published research on productivity, housing affordability, education, and regulatory matters.
In 2021, the Queensland Parliament passed the Debt Reduction and Savings Bill, repealing the Queensland Productivity Commission Act 2015. The Commission was dissolved on 2 June 2021.
Copies of the former Queensland Productivity Commission’s inquiry, review and research publications are available below.
Inquiries
| Topic | Date | Document |
|---|---|---|
| NDIS market in Queensland | April 2021 | Inquiry final report NDIS market in queensland volume 1 Inquiry final report NDIS market in queensland volume 2 |
| Imprisonment and Recidivism | August 2019 | Inquiry final report imprisonment recividism volume 1 Inquiry final report imprisonment recividism volume 2 |
| Manufacturing | October 2017 | Inquiry final report manufacturing |
| Service delivery in remote and discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities | December 2017 | Inquiry final report service delivery in queenslands remote discrete Indigenous communities |
| Solar Feed-In Pricing in Queensland | June 2016 | Inquiry final report solar feed in pricing |
| Electricity Pricing | May 2016 | Inquiry final report electricity pricing |
| Industry Assistance in Queensland Queensland Competition Authority | July 2015 | Inquiry final report QCA industry assistance volume 1 Inquiry final report QCA industry assistance volume 2 |
Advice
| Topic | Date | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Container Refund Scheme Price monitoring review | January 2020 | Advice pricing review container refund scheme |
| Cost–benefit analysis of establishing a pharmacy council | July 2018 | Advice cba establishing pharmacy council |
| Red Tape Reduction Advisory Council Recommendations | February 2017 | Advice red tape reduction advisory council |
| Decision Regulatory Impact Statement Sugar Industry (Real Choice in Marketing) Amendment Bill 2015 | November 2015 | Advice sugar industry decision regulatory impact statement |
| Measuring and Reducing the Burden of Regulation Office of Best Practice Regulation | February 2013 | Advice QCA OBPR regulatory burden |
Research
| Topic | Date | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Improving regulation | March 2021 | Research improving regulation |
| Measuring progress in Queensland’s remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities | April 2020 | Research measuring progress in remote communities |
| Building Economic resilience in Queensland | 2020 | Research building economic resilience in queensland Research building economic resilience in queensland appendices |
| Queensland Productivity Update 2018–19 | 2020 | Research QPC productivity update 2018 19 |
| Improving measures of school education output and productivity in Queensland | July 2019 | Research improving measures school education output |
| Housing in Queensland: Affordability and Preferences | April 2018 | Research housing in queensland affordability and preferences |
| Whole-of-economy modelling: beyond the black box | April 2018 | Research whole of economy modelling |
| Lessons from the inquiry into service delivery to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities | 2018 | Research lessons from inquiry into service delivery to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities |
| Queensland Productivity Update 2016–17 | 2018 | Research QPC productivity update 2016 17 |
| Productivity: Concepts, Measurement & Performance | December 2016 | Research productivity concepts measurement performance |