PROGRESS 2050: Toward a prosperous future for all Australians
The Front Project CEO, Jane Hunt, discusses recent research conducted with KPMG that shows enhancing the Child Care Subsidy would support working families and provide an urgently needed boost to the economy.
Jane Hunt is the founding CEO at The Front Project. She has won a number of awards for her work, including the Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur Award in 2012, granting her an ongoing seat at World Economic Forum events, the Victorian Telstra Business Women’s Award in 2011 and the Melbourne Business 3000 Award for Community Innovation in 2010. Jane is currently a Non-Executive Director of Unison Community Housing and has held senior roles in the for-benefit sector, including CEO of Adopt Change and prior to that the Inaugural Chief Executive Officer of Fitted for Work. Jane was also the Victorian Strategy and Operations Manager for Mission Australia, and has had senior experience across for-benefit, corporate and academic sectors.
With the COVID-19 pandemic now in the rearview mirror, Australia is turning to the future. As we look ahead, the long-run forces shaping our economy – climate change, technological disruption and demographic shifts – all present major challenges as well as opportunities, writes Senior Economist Melissa Wilson.
Read more Opinion article May 9, 2023Since the 1970s, the Australian Government has acknowledged the critical need for policy evaluation through a succession of reviews and legislative changes. Unfortunately, evaluation in the Australian Public Service remains poor. As shown by CEDA’s recent report Disrupting Disadvantage 3: Finding what works, once new policies are adopted, there is often little or ineffective follow-up. This includes a lack of resourcing and proper evaluation guidelines for organisations contracted to deliver the policies and programs. This is particularly the case in the disadvantage space, writes CEDA Graduate Economist Sebastian Tofts-Len.
The migration debate whether in the media, in parliament or around the barbecue all too often moves to the negatives, perceived or real, of a larger population. It should come as no surprise therefore to see headlines saying that closing the borders has made 26 million Australians richer. Headlines like this obscure the nuances behind the impact of migration on Australia’s economy.
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