This October 2013 edition of Economics Indicators: NSW updates statistical information on key economic indicators, thereby presenting an updated snapshot of the NSW economy and providing relevant points of comparison with other Australian States and Territories. Statistics are updated to the end of the most recent quarter available. Most indicators have thus been updated to...

Australia will chair the G20 for 12 months from 1 December 2013. It will be the largest international economic meeting ever held in Australia. This paper outlines the strategy, priorities and steps required for the Brisbane G20 summit to be a success – it is a ‘playbook’ for Australia’s G20 presidency. Key findings: For the...

This report assesses business users’ attitudes on a range of issues that are material to the reviews of the national broadband network (NBN).

Abstract The extent to which exogenous international agricultural price fluctuations are internalised by rural communities is of major interest for policy-makers concerned with regional economic performance. So too is the link between rural sector performance and urban outcomes, especially in agriculturally-based economies. Through vector autoregressive (VAR) modelling we estimate the causal effect of exogenous commodity...

This survey found that businesses that pursued innovation were more than twice as likely to have improved their productivity than those that didn't. This release contains summary business characteristics data, as collected by the 2011-12 Business Characteristics Survey (BCS). It presents data on a selection of topics including nature of business ownership, collaborative arrangements, franchising...