Project Description

Return to challenges

Productivity

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

  • SMEs are critical to NSW and Australia’s manufacturing landscape and are vital to economic renewal. However, manufacturing SMEs have struggled to increase productivity by harnessing advanced technologies. As government deepens its focus on industry policy, here’s how to fix that.

    Dilupa Nakandala

  • Veena Sahajwalla & Anirban Ghose

  • Jack Isherwood

  • Simon Rowell

More articles

  • Government has emerged as a decisive strategic investor in Australia, helping shape markets to address complex policy challenges. How did it get here and what can it do next?

    Simon Rowell

  • Appointing some ministers from outside parliament could help boost representation and improve policymaking.

    Osmond Chiu

  • Australia needs a more deliberate approach to industrial policy to achieve a productivity dividend within tight budget constraints – here’s how.

    Christopher Day