CEDA news
What's happening inside CEDA
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Geoff Allen appointed Chairman-elect of CEDA
CEDA's Chairman, Ivan Deveson AO, has announced that Geoff Allen, founder of the Allen Consulting Group and the Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, will be the new Chairman of CEDA, following his retirement later this year.
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Dr Michael Porter appointed as Director, CEDA Research
CEDA is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Michael Porter as in-house Research Director. Dr Porter joins CEDA from Monday, 14 July 2008, and he will work on a part-time basis from our offices in Melbourne.
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New CEDA research: Parental leave and income contingent loans
CEDA's latest research, by Professor Bruce Chapman, Tim Higgins and Lynette Lin of the ANU, proposes an innovative solution to the question of funding parental leave.
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CEDA's Melbourne office has moved
CEDA's National and Victorian offices have moved to Level 13, 440 Collins Street. All phone and fax numbers stay the same.
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Australia ranks 7th in international competitiveness survey
Australia's ranking improved in this year's World Competitiveness Yearbook, but results confirm that trade and infrastructure continue to hold back the economy.
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Changes to CEDA's National and Victorian offices
New appointments at CEDA will improve our ability to engage in public policy debate and build on our strong position in Victoria.
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CEDA welcomes a new Queensland State Director
CEDA has appointed government and public policy expert David Edwards as its new State Director for Queensland.
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Nominate emerging leaders for the Copland Program - Sydney and Melbourne
CEDA's Copland Program for emerging leaders returns for 2008 offering engaging seminars on a broad range of themes including ethics in business, emotional intelligence, corporate reputation and climate change. Nominate your young executives now.
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CEDA appoints new WA state director, Tom Baddeley
Well-known Perth media figure Tom Baddeley takes the reigns for CEDA in WA at the end of January.
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Climate change report and conference touch off new debate
CEDA's 2007 international Climate Change Conference and companion research volume Climate Change: Getting it right have sparked a new discussion on key aspects of climate change policy.
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Scaffidi swaps CEDA for mayoral robes
CEDA's former Western Australia state director Lisa Scaffidi has taken office as Lord Mayor of Perth following her election in October. Lisa stood down from her CEDA role at the end of November after almost 10 years heading CEDA in WA.
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Record crowd of 826 hears Bligh back population growth
On 16 October CEDA's biggest-ever audience - 826 trustees and guests - heard new Queensland Premier Anna Bligh set out her vision of the state's future.
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CEDA pension age paper sparks national debate
The paper proposing a higher pension age has attracted praise from economic analysts and vigorous debate in radio, print and online forums.
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Gans honoured for contribution
Professor Joshua Gans, who wrote CEDA's recent information paper on Australia's broadband infrastructure, has received the first Young Economists Award from the Economics Society of Australia.
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Major climate change conference to feature Prinn, Shapiro, Parikh
International climate change experts Ronald Prinn, Robert Shapiro and Jyoti Parikh head the speaking list at CEDA's International Climate Change conference in Sydney on November 15 and 16.
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Australia's economy is not cursed
CEDA's latest research paper challenges the "resource curse", demonstrating how resource-rich economies are not constrained to poor growth and low levels of innovation.
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Ian Ferres joins CEDA board
Leading Melbourne business figure Ian Ferres has been appointed a director of CEDA.
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CEDA takes key role in national broadband debate
In the months since its release, CEDA's report The Local Broadband Imperative has become the focus of a full-scale debate on the economic impact of high-speed broadband.
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CEDA releases the 2007 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook
The latest edition of the world's leading competitiveness survey shows Australia's economic infrastructure continues to perform poorly relative to most other areas of the economy.
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Hamilton Calder new SA state director
A public policy specialist, Calder takes charge of CEDA's SA operations while adding depth to the organisation's national management.
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2007 Economic and Political Overview
"Issues in Australian water policy" is the feature article of the 2007 Economic and Political Overview, CEDA's latest publication. Published as a special issue of Australian Chief Executive magazine, the EPO also features economic insights from Chris Caton of BT Financial and political insights from Ken Wiltshire of the University of Queensland.
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CEDA welcomes new National CEO
CEDA is
pleased to announce the appointment of Mr David Byers as the National CEO of CEDA. David will join CEDA on 1 March 2007 and be based in Melbourne.
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Annual Dinner 2006: The Reserve Bank Governor's keynote address
At CEDA's recent annual dinner in Melbourne, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Glenn Stevens, used his keynote address to point out the potential dangers of the private equity boom.
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Prime Minister singles out energy, water challenges
Prime Minister John Howard has singled out energy and water as key issues for Australia's long-term future, in an address to the largest-ever gathering of CEDA members and guests.
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Strong reception for new CEDA tax cuts paper
Commentators have greeted CEDA's latest information paper as an important contribution to the national tax debate.
