In the next 20 years, the only potential sources of increases in labour supply are increased labour force participation rates and immigration. While the Australian government is attempting to increase participation, the impacts of this policy, highly desirable as they are where they are the result of improved work choices, are likely to be small...

This report dispels many common misconceptions about federalism. The authors draw on international comparisons and political and economic analysis to identify a range of benefits that flow from federal systems, including checks and balances on power to protect the individual; more efficient, innovative and responsive governments; and increased economic growth and higher GDP per capita.

In 1983 a program was put in place designed to make us a much more outward-looking economy and society, able to cope better with emerging trends. How do we sustain that process in the future, asks Glenn Withers, and how do we do so fairly and without endangering the environment? A major part of the...

Right now regional Australia is at a crossroads. The globalisation process has brought a new focus on the exciting potential of many of Australia’s regions. This report suggests that a reformed migration policy could play an important role in meeting this goal.

This paper examines the role of human resource development as a driver of growth for Australia. The focus is upon education and immigration as sources of human capital formation and upon associated policies for economic growth.