Tag: productivity

PC begins deep dive into data, digital and net-zero policy

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Productivity Commission has called for policy ideas to boost productivity through data and digital technologies – as well as by investing in the net-zero transformation – to inform...

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...