Economics
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Economy
Economic management
Macroeconomics
Economic policy
Briefing paper
Services trade restrictiveness index: Australia
This note highlights key findings and trends for Australia identified in the 2025 OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index. It provides a profile of Australia’s regulatory environment across 22 services sectors from 2014 to 2025. The note highlights recent policy changes, identifying where the country performs well and where reforms could further reduce services trade restrictions.
Report
Hours, not dollars: rethinking the cost-of-living debate
This paper proposes that public debate about the cost of living is based on a misunderstanding of how living standards should be measured. The paper contrasts movements in consumer prices with movements in wages. It identifies sectors where affordability has deteriorated in wage-adjusted terms, arguing that these outcomes are not arbitrary.
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AI 2035: Australia’s opportunity playbook
This playbook proposes that Australia faces a simple choice: it can be an artificial intelligence (AI) leader, or an AI follower. It presents a practical path forward built on three foundations – economic growth, security and setting up Australia as a world-leader in AI – to secure Australia’s prosperity in the AI era ahead.
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Building pro-worker artificial intelligence
This paper defines pro-worker technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), as technologies that make human skills and expertise more valuable by expanding worker capabilities. It presents a conceptual framework that distinguishes among five categories of technological change. The paper considers nine ways that public policy could channel advances in AI in a pro-worker direction.
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Unlocking generosity: the potential gains from expanding access to advice on charitable giving
This report explores the potential gains from expanding access to advice on charitable giving in Australia. It finds that a range of barriers stop people from giving more to charity. The report focuses on the powerful role that professional advisers and fundraisers could play in reducing these barriers and helping more Australians to give generously.