In May 2025, the productivity commission launched the five productivity pillars consultation seeking inform on the reform areas to inform the draft recommendations in the productivity commission's interim reports to Government. 

The five productivity pillars:

1. Creating a dynamic and resilient economy

• Support business investment through corporate tax reform
• Reduce the impact of regulation on business dynamism

2. Building a skilled and adaptable workforce

• Improve school student outcomes with the best available tools and resources
• Support the workforce through a flexible post-secondary education and training sector
• Balance service availability and quality through fit-for-purpose occupational entry regulations

3. Harnessing data and digital technology

• Support innovation through an outcomes-based approach to privacy
• Unlock the benefits of data through consumer access rights
• Enhance reporting efficiency, transparency and accuracy through digital financial reporting
• Enable AI’s productivity potential

4. Delivering quality care more efficiently

• Reform quality and safety regulation to support a more cohesive care economy
• Embed collaborative commissioning to increase the integration of services
• A national framework to support government investment in prevention

5. Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation

• Reduce the cost of meeting carbon targets
• Speed up approvals for new energy infrastructure
• Encourage adaptation by addressing barriers to private investment

CA ANZ identified and responded to questions raised in pillars one, two, three and five reflecting our experience as an industry membership body.