• Redesigning financial regulation
  Australia's leading regulators discuss the delicate balance between good regulation and over-regulation. By Petra Schweidler.
• How to conclude a global agreement in just six months
  In the lead-up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the Danish Minister for Energy and Climate Connie Hedegaard briefed CEDA members on Denmark's approach to combining climate action with job creation, and the importance of negotiation between developed and developing nations. By Sonia Harford.
• Finding the exit: Is there an end in sight to the global financial crisis?
  The post-recession role of the US, the shift of wealth and influence to the new economies of China, India and Brazil, and the need for international regulation, were the top issues at a recent meeting of CEDA's Board of Governors. By Sonia Harford.
• The energy security challenge
  Is growth in world energy demand stretching supply capability? Industry and government energy leaders discussed major challenges for Australia’s energy security at a recent CEDA forum in Melbourne. By Sonia Harford.
• Global competitiveness in an uncertain world
  What will define competitiveness in 2009 and beyond? A Q&A with the Director of the IMD World Competitiveness Center, Professor Stephane Garelli.
  
• How the global economy became a house of cards; and will the policy response prevent a collapse
  

  Dr Peter Isard, ex-IMF and Federal Reserve, explains how the global economy became a house of cards, and considers the hurdles to overcome to prevent the US rescue effort from being undermined.

• Commercialising carbon capture and storage: The international experience
  International CCS expert Dr Wolfgang Heidug spoke to CEDA trustees about the case for carbon capture and storage in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. By Sonia Harford.
• The economic crisis and our obligations to future generations
  It's time for the world's business and political leaders to focus on the longer term rather than the "the next payment, the next quarter, or the next election" - for the sake of future generations, said Maurice Newman AC in a recent speech to CEDA.
• The future of PPPs: Funding in a new financial world
  Governments must change how they award and finance major public works if infrastructure spending is to help pull ailing economies out of the financial crisis. By Jan McCallum.
• When science means business
  World-leading neuroscientist Baroness Greenfield discusses the brain functions behind recklessness, risk and greed – mindsets that have contributed to the world economic downturn. By Linda Edgerton, RMIT Graduate School of Business.
• Power in a new era
  Dr John Tamblyn spoke to CEDA recently about the policy implications of climate change for Australia’s energy market. By Sonia Harford.
• Cable, the comeback king
  Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo's recent announcement of a $300 million investment puts cable infrastructure right back on the national broadband agenda - where it should be. By Dr Michael Porter.
• Sustainability and the next wave of innovation
  Over the past few centuries, waves of innovation have been preceded by severe downturn. This time round there is there an opportunity for the global financial crisis to precede a wave of innovation in sustainability? By Tom Baddeley.
• Guarding against a declaration of war on markets
  The last twelve months have reminded us that free market economies need strong institutions to function effectively. In the current financial crisis it is not the market that has failed, but the financial innovations and the ultra-leveraging, and the lack of regulation to accompany them. By David Byers.
• Sir Rod Eddington on Victoria's transport challenges
  Sir Rod Eddington cautions against slowing infrastructure spending by governments because of the current economic crisis, and draws attention to the importance of our international gateways. By Sonia Harford.
• The role of regulation in foreign investment
  A recent CEDA forum on foreign direct investment explored the need to balance community concerns against economic benefits. By Sonia Harford.
• Global emissions trading: Practical policy or wishful thinking?
  The key to preserving the international competitiveness of our industries is the negotiation of a global agreement on emissions reductions that will bind all major emitters, including those excluded from the Kyoto protocol targets such as the United States and the rapidly expanding economies of China and India. By David Byers.
• Fly in, fly out and the case for more social infrastructure in the Pilbara
  Flying workers in and out of regional centres has been the resource industry's way of providing a large part of its workforce to projects worth billions of dollars. What is the impact of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) on employees and their families? And to what extent is FIFO a reflection of a failure of government and/or business to provide the essential services and infrastructure needed? By Tom Baddeley.
• Perspectives on the global credit crisis
  A recent meeting of CEDA’s Board of Governors provided a rare opportunity to canvass the views of an eminent group of Australians - former business leaders, prime ministers and academics - as the global credit crisis intensified. By Sonia Harford.
• The future of Australia's universities
  Australia's higher education sector is standing still and students aren't being challenged academically, according to the chair of the Bradley Review of Higher Education Reform, Professor Denise Bradley.
• Orica's deliberate strategy for growth
  Orica CEO and MD Graeme Liebelt spoke to CEDA recently about future prospects for the world's largest explosives company, including three strategic rules that govern its success. By Sonia Harford.
• Urban water sustainability: The difficult issues of supply and price
  Politicians and regulators charged with water management discussed the future of urban water sustainability and how to price such a scarce resource at a recent CEDA forum in Melbourne. By Sonia Harford.
• Australia's growing not-for-profit sector: Time for a change in strategic leadership
  One of the most important sectors in the Australian economy is contemplating its strategic direction. Not-for-profits are now being actively courted by both governments and the private sector, but there are risks as well as opportunities inherent in this new world. By Professor Kenneth Wiltshire.
• Commercialising and internationalising Australia's public service industry
  At a series of recent CEDA member events, public policy expert Gary Sturgess argued that competition - rather than privatisation - improves efficiency in public service delivery, as long as the system design is right. By Sonia Harford.
• Business debates the government's green paper on emissions trading
  It's time to move on from the rhetorical case for changes in Australia's energy consumption and to sharpen the focus on practical policy outcomes. By Tony Parkinson.
• Re-thinking the Great Australian Dream
  Outcomes from CEDA's National Forum on Housing Affordability. By Sonia Harford.
• Silver lining: Keeping baby boomers at work to counter Australia's demographic deficit  
  In economic terms, next year will be about as good as it gets in Australia's demographic evolution before Australia's working-age population starts to shrink faster than the population as a whole. By Tony Parkinson.
• A perfect storm: The challenges of aligning Australia's climate change policy with economic growth
  The federal energy minister and three prominent electricity experts discuss the pros and cons of emissions trading and the impact on Australia's $13 billion electricity market. By Tony Parkinson.

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