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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

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

    Jenny Gordon

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

    Pat Turner

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

    Kar Mei Tang

More articles

  • 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

  • The 2019-2020 bushfire season made a different set of systems visible – fire, water, rain, wind, smoke, firefighters and fire safety apps, and of course climate and climate change. (Photo by Stuart Shaw/iStock)

    How should policymakers think about the future?

    Policymakers help to design the future. Their challenge is to embrace a world of twenty-first century dynamic, complex systems.

    Genevieve Bell