Report of the Government 2.0 Taskforce to the Australian Government, 2009. The Government 2.0 Taskforce was chaired by Nicholas Gruen in 2009 and was charged with producing a blueprint for the [Read the full document..]
Estimating the value of Australia’s Census
[Read the full document..]Picking low hanging fruit in innovation without spending money
[Read the full document..]Estimating the economic impact of linking data resources on Australia’s population
[Read the full document..]Improving policy in Australia’s regions
[Read the full document..]This report is a cost/benefit study of the major programs of physical and virtual infrastructure for geoscience and geospatial knowledge of the Australian continent. With detailed analysis of impac [Read the full document..]
This report for Omidyar Network was instrumental in moving the G20 towards adopting an open data charter.
[Read the full document..]University and VET students should be able to find out what other students think of the courses they’re considering. They should even be able to find out what other students like them thin [Read the full document..]
Monetary policy is best set by an independent central bank, insulated from political pressures. Fiscal policy however, still remains in the hands of politicians. If there’s a case for independenc [Read the full document..]
In acceding to the Trade Related Intellectual Property (TRIPs) Agreement, amongst many other things, Australia increased the statutory term for both new patents and for patents already running from [Read the full document..]
A recent survey of business expenditure on research and development (BERD) suggest that tax concessions are an excellent way of assisting R&D. The 1996 changes to the tax concession – in whic [Read the full document..]
Although more than two decades of reform has delivered many benefits to Australia, there is still unemployment which remains one of the biggest challenges for the country. Any lasting solution to t [Read the full document..]
Despite nearly a decade of strong and steady economic growth, unemployment remains quite high in Australia – a sure sign that New Directions are needed.
[Read the full document..]The paper seeks to outline the thinking behind a proposal contained in a recently released discussion paper by the Business Council of Australia (BCA). The proposal was to re-engineer fiscal policy [Read the full document..]
This article outlines a possible reform to the institutions of fiscal policy. This would help guard against fiscal irresponsibility and at the same time substantially improve the scope for fiscal p [Read the full document..]
This paper accommodates instruments of ‘new trade liberalisation’ within a more general understanding of trade liberalisation illustrating their similarities and their differences. Both old and [Read the full document..]
The National Competition Policy is a response to the problems of monopoly. The policy includes imposition of rules of access and prices surveillance on infrastructure of national significance as we [Read the full document..]
The paper argues that the second phase of Australian economic reform is facing diminishing return and the third phase will be marked by return to ‘Mixed Economy’ theme. Readers are invited to c [Read the full document..]
Australia has emerged as a leader in government and economic reform over the last two decades. The political consensus for change has been stronger, and there has been limited backsliding despite c [Read the full document..]
Public information about the quality of health care is critical to driving improvement. Information is kept concealed for the sake of patients’ privacy. However, high quality information can cut [Read the full document..]
A paper delivered to the One-Day Symposium. Debt, Risk and the Role of Government: The bond market in a wider context.
[Read the full document..]The lesson from recent financial crises has been the need for better risk management throughout economies. Governments exist to improve welfare, including the management of risk throughout the comm [Read the full document..]
Borrowing to invest should not be scary, but thinking it has made it so. Somehow, we’ve confused it with profligacy. After the thesis (debt and profligacy), came the antithesis (prudence without [Read the full document..]
To understand Adam Smith on his own terms, seeing him in his own times, the paper proposes a sub-theme: Adam Smith is to markets as his near contemporary Jane Austen is to marriage. In fact not unl [Read the full document..]
This report is prepared by six famous Economists and identifies the reasons behind Australia being a miracle economy. This achievement is the reward for Australians’ hard work and their preparedn [Read the full document..]
This report presents information on the economic aspects of open source software (OSS). Though OSS has been an inspiration behind a growing enthusiasm for sharing as a modality of ‘economic produ [Read the full document..]
In an increasingly complex world, governments can contribute to consumer wellbeing by designing defaults deliberately so that, where citizens do not make active decisions, what happens by default i [Read the full document..]
Australian Fabians National Policy Conference: Economics, equity and trust in the twenty first century.
[Read the full document..]Policy Forum: enhancing the national innovation system. The paper discusses the scope of innovation culture within the government and the private sector.
[Read the full document..]The paper tries to identify strategies to deliver better ‘equity for the bush’ in a more efficient way. It states that Universal Service Obligations (USO) generate substantial inefficie [Read the full document..]
Newsletter on the Productivity Commission Inquiry on Post 2005 assistance arrangements for the automotive industry. It covers important policy issues upon which the Inquiry will deliberate.
[Read the full document..]Newsletter: Productivity Commission inquiry into prices regulation for airports. The newsletter seeks to cover important policy issues upon which the Inquiry will deliberate.
[Read the full document..]An opinion about the privatisation of NSW Electricity Assets and the retention of NSW’s AAA credit rating. The author of this statement considers that economic reform in Australia has been a tr [Read the full document..]
Middle and lower income earning Australians are the ones most likely to respond to tax cuts. This report suggests lowering the bottom income tax rate to encourage more work.
[Read the full document..]This report suggests that Australia can maximise economic growth by cutting taxes on corporate profits. So, the issue should be brought back onto the agenda of public discussion.
[Read the full document..]Though fund management industry is rapidly growing, this report illustrates that Australian economy would be a big winner if its funds management industry were in a better position to export its ex [Read the full document..]
The report describes that if Australia is to succeed in becoming an exporter of funds management services, it must adopt a “co-evolutionary” regulatory regime and be more responsive to opportun [Read the full document..]
Regulation promotes innovation by intensifying the degree of competition within markets and restricts the scope of monopoly. At the same time, the report illustrates that regulation can also suppre [Read the full document..]
If the financial stimulus has succeeded in protecting Australians from unemployment, a substantial portion of its cost can be met from the taxes paid by people who otherwise may remain idle. This p [Read the full document..]
The report reinforces the popular view that Australian health & medical research products make a positive contribution to Australian economy.
[Read the full document..]Though economic reform in Australia has so far been a success, this success is being compromised by the simpleminded embrace of economic fallacies. This is why NSW is failing to meet its infrastruc [Read the full document..]
The paper focuses on areas of inefficiency in the financial system suggested by both theory and empirically. These problems can be addressed with a simple application of micro economic principles.< [Read the full document..]
This report proposes some new mechanisms by which the Commonwealth can make itself a more informed purchaser of legal services and be a role model for others.
[Read the full document..]The report states different aspects of the new R&D tax credit scheme. It recommends that the new scheme should be passed into law so that small firms get encouraged to invest in R&D.
[Read the full document..]There are many ways in which Australia is well suited to grow cloud computing. However, increased jurisdictional risks may hinder Australia’s potential to be the regional hub for cloud computing. [Read the full document..]
In recent years economists and others have returned to the question of how best to measure a country’s level of wellbeing. The report summarizes the contemporary effort to construct an index [Read the full document..]
Lateral Economics has developed the Herald/Age – Lateral Economics(HALE) Index of wellbeing which builds a measure of wellbeing by correcting GDP for the numerous ways in which it fails to r [Read the full document..]
Increased access to public sector information produces many benefits. However, this report suggests assessing the value of public sector information (PSI) against the costs incurred.
[Read the full document..]These two reports cast light on ways to improve the integrity of information and emphasize that targeted transparency must be user centred and politically sustainable.
[Read the full document..]The reports demonstrate how copyright exceptions are contributing to economies including Australia. Flexible copyright regulation can promote innovation and investment.
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