Publications

Geoff Dow argues that the development of economic policy needs to be founded on a clearer understanding of economic growth, debt, government spending and taxation if

Jerad A. Ford and colleagues write in The Conversation (28.7.16) about the factors that have seen many small regional Queensland businesses stave off the worst effects

Mark McGovern writes in The Conversation (29.7.16) about the financial problems besetting Queensland’s beef industry, suggesting what the sector and the state government can do to

Mark Dodgson writes in The Conversation (25.7.16) about the importance of well-focused business and research innovation to the national economy, after the Turnbull Government’s much-lauded innovation

Policy Online carries a link (21.7.16) to a Productivity Commission report into the regulatory system surrounding Australia’s agricultural industry. Among its findings, the report is critical

Roger Wilkins writes in The Conversation (20.7.16) about the release of the annual HILDA survey, and what the data show regarding household incomes and poverty rates

The Grattan Institute’s John Daley and Brendan Coates write in The Conversation (19.7.16) about budget ‘repair’ measures that the returned Turnbull Government could realistically make. ‘The

John Quiggin writes in The Guardian (12.7.16) about the implications of a credit rating downgrade for Australia’s economy, arguing that this need not be the dire result that

Richard Holden writes in The Conversation (8.7.16) about the implications of a credit rating downgrade for Australia’s economy, as flagged by one of the leading ratings agencies.

Policy Online carries a link (5.7.16) to a Department of State Development discussion paper exploring the role of the life sciences in Queensland’s economic future. ‘As

Peter Martin reports in the Brisbane Times (25.6.16) that of the 23 leading economists polled for the Scope BusinessDay Economic Survey, those that answered the questions about

Dr Martin Parkinson PSM was appointed by Malcolm Turnbull to become Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Parkinson had served as the inaugural Secretary of