This report examines Australia's economic performance during and after the "Great Recession" of 2008-09 Australia, famously, was virtually alone among International Monetary Fund (IMF) advanced economies in not experiencing a recession during this period, and had the strongest growth of any of these economies in 2009. This performance merits examination for what it can tell...

The reforms of the 1980s and 90s have worked their way through our economy and our society. We have enjoyed their benefits, but the jump in living standards they enabled has now faded from memory. This has been replaced by a dangerous complacency which holds that future reform to sustain living standards is no longer...

The expansion of share ownership amongst employees advances a number of important economic priorities identified by the Federal Government, and has the potential to give Australia a stronger and fairer economy. Rewarding employees with increased ownership in the companies in which they work increases productivity, advances flexibility with fairness in the workplace and builds a...

This paper argues that the case for reforming vocational education and training in Australia is strong. Training is important to wider social and economic policy questions – but it is not done well enough at the moment and this needs to change. The Victorian and Federal Governments are making big changes, which represent real potential...

The employment services sector in Australia is at a critical juncture. The third contract round of the Job Network coincides with a commitment by the new Federal Government to the principles of sound market design. These principles include the alignment of incentives between providers, users of services and taxpayers; generation of new sources of investment...