Tag: productivity

A priority reset is needed to lift Australia’s productivity

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
In a world where rival superpowers the United States and China are spending many trillions of dollars to win the new digital industrial revolution, Australia’s vital economic statistics and...

Turning around Australia’s lagging economic complexity

Posted on   |  by Roy Green
Productivity growth has driven prosperity in developed and emerging economies since the Industrial Revolution. But it has now stalled in many of these economies, unfortunately nowhere more so than...

Economic dynamism inquiry recommends overhaul of panels

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government should review its use of panels in relation to the procurement of both goods and professional services and look for ways to increase opportunities for a...

PC casts doubt on Australia’s ‘activist’ AI support

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Productivity Commission believes Australia is not well positioned to produce its own advanced artificial intelligence models and doubts the productivity benefits of “activist government ‘sponsorship’” across the AI...

We need a common language for digital skills

Posted on   |  by Ishtar Vij and Patrick Kidd
If Australians’ digital capability is core to driving productivity, why don’t we have a straightforward way to describe what that capability is?  At the annual Business Council Australia dinner...

Govt too focused on AI regulation: Fletcher

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government is focused too much on regulating artificial intelligence and not enough on the “real public policy issue” of building local AI skills, according to shadow minister for...

Danielle Wood takes top job at PC after first pick pulls out

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Grattan Institute chief executive Danielle Wood will lead the Productivity Commission after the federal government’s first pick Chris Barrett turned down the appointment, instead taking up the role of...

Count emissions-reduction as productivity: Intergenerational report

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Reductions in emissions intensity should be considered a productivity measure to encourage the uptake of low-emissions technologies, according to the Albanese government’s first intergenerational report. With existing productivity measurements...

Tech and clean energy to combat productivity slump

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Clean energy, data and digital technologies will be key parts of the Albanese government’s response to an intergenerational report forecasting continued challenges to productivity and Australian innovation. Treasurer Jim...