18 August 2013 Sinclair Davidson, Professor of Institutional Economics at RMIT University The Conversation In the early noughties former Labor leader Kim Beazley suggested that he’d like to see the unemployment rate
9 January 2014 James R. Carroll Courier Journal A new special economic development zone for eight high-poverty counties in southeastern Kentucky announced by President Barack Obama on Thursday can be a key
28 January 2014 Kerriann Lock As chair of the Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia, Warren Entsch will be a significant figure in the development of policies concerning the region over the
23 January 2014 Olivia Enos The Foundry Asia is home to some of the economically freest and least free nations in the world, according to the recently released Index of Economic Freedom.
23 January 2014 ABC News Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying Australia will use its G20 presidency to promote free trade. Courtesy of
23 January 2014 Dennis Shanahan The Australian The Prime Minister will use his presidency of the G20 to promote global growth through national co-operation and a central encouragement for the private sector
22 January 2014 Chikako Mogi Australian Financial Review Japan wants to trigger a jump in inner city property prices by loosening building restrictions in test zones in the latest phase of Prime
22 January 2014 Angela Macdonald-Smith Australian Financial Review “The crazy thing is that four or five years ago everyone was talking about a flood of ramp-up gas.” – Mark Samter, Credit Suisse
22 January 2014 Australian Financial Review The feared scrapping of a planned $20 billion stand-alone LNG production train at Gladstone by the Shell-led Arrow Energy venture marks the final turning of the
20 January 2014 Lucie Bell and Ebonnie Spriggs ABC Rural An American company will decide by June where in regional Western Australia to develop its first commercial-scale algae operation. Since 2011, Aurora
Keith Noble Queensland Planner, (Summer 2013 Vol. 53 No. 4) Abstract Agriculture is a risky business. The variables farmers evaluate and plan for include weather, markets, supply chain, finance, labour, changing policy
20 January 2014 Melanie Timbrell Commonwealth Bank of Australia The resource rich states of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland continued as frontrunners in CommSec’s quarterly State of the States report. WA