Project Description

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Productivity

How can Australia develop a productive and resilient economy through innovation, greater industrial capacity and upskilling?

    A vision splendid: unlocking patient capital through long-term asset funds

    Australia’s superannuation funds can anchor long-term investments that are essential for the development of new industries, especially manufacturing, and the transition to a low emissions economy.

    Christopher Day

  • How immigration policy can help solve Australia’s underpayment of migrant workers

    Anna Boucher

  • Child responsive budgeting: Why Australia needs to put children front and centre in policymaking

    Alicia Mollaun

  • Improving secondary education is not only the right thing to do – it is good for future productivity growth

    Jenny Gordon

More articles

  • A real partnership with First Peoples is key to Closing the Gap

    Governments at all levels need a new mindset which places Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander shared decision making at the centre of policy development, design and delivery.

    Pat Turner

  • Conscious decoupling: creating a more sustainable model of material use in a growing economy

    Australia’s material footprint per capita is rising. But with the right policies, we can break the nexus between depleting our ecological resources and improving economic growth.

    Kar Mei Tang

  • E-waste reached a record 53.6 million metric tonnes in Australia in 2019.

    Australia’s smart waste opportunity to electrify the world

    Almost all the materials used for electrification are finite. Waste recycling should play a major role in the transition to a decarbonized economy.

    Veena Sahajwalla