This release presents key indicators on the incidence of business use of information technology and business innovation in Australia, as collected by the 2005-06 Business Characteristics Survey (BCS).

This release presents key indicators on the incidence of business use of information technology and business innovation in Australia, as collected by the 2005-06 Business Characteristics Survey (BCS).

The behaviour of aggregate Australian private business investment has attracted relatively little attention in the literature over the past decade or so, probably reflecting the well-known difficulties associated with modelling it. This paper reviews the main drivers of Australian business investment through a discussion of some long- and short-run trends and estimation of error-correction models...

It is more than two years since two major reports concluded the VET policies in Australia are not working yet to date there has been little indication of substantial shifts in government thinking and policy to create a more effective VET system. This paper looks at the need to reposition other stakeholders in the policy...

This report is the first attempt to consolidate international findings and reinforce these with local examples and comments to build a compelling business case for green buildings in Australia.