AI Leadership Summit 2025 Highlights
In February 1994, CEDA released a policy statement, The CEDA road back to full employment, which examined the policy settings needed to ensure that economic growth translates into concrete work opportunities for all.
Recommendations included labour market programs aimed at reducing structural mismatches, facilitation of flexible work practices, more science, engineering and technology training, improved links between education institutions and business, and understanding of and responsiveness to future patterns of labour demand.
| Foreword | 3 |
| Preamble | 6 |
| The CEDA Vision | 8 |
| Policy Statement | 9 |
| 1. Improved competitiveness and trade performance | 9 |
| 1.1 Better harmonisation of macroeconomic management with trade objectives | 9 |
| 1.2 More stable macroeconomic environment | 9 |
| 1.3 More efficient public services | 10 |
| 1.4 Cooperative federalism | 10 |
| 1.5 Less intrusive laws and regulations | 10 |
| 1.6 Tax reform | 11 |
| 1.7 Increased enterprise flexibility | 11 |
| 1.8 Industry policy | 11 |
| 2. Nominal incomes restraint, monetary policy and inflation | 12 |
| 3. Real unit labour costs | 13 |
| 4. Investment and productive capacity | 13 |
| 4.1 Business investment | 13 |
| 4.2 Infrastructure | 14 |
| 5. Saving, capital productivity and the balance of payments | 15 |
| 6. Labour supply flexibility | 16 |
| 6.1 Labour market programs | 16 |
| 6.2 Immigration | 17 |
| 6.3 Education and training | 17 |
| 7. Social acceptability | 17 |
| 8. Environmental acceptability and quality of life concerns | 18 |
| A Long Term Economic Strategy for Australia and List of Publications | 20 |
| CEDA Policy Statement Authorisation | 21 |
| CEDA Office Bearers and Staff | 25 |
| CEDA International Counterpart Organisations and Direct Correspondent Networks | 28 |
The 2014 World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY), shows Australia has dropped another spot to 17. The 2014 ranking represents a drop in Australia's competitiveness of 12 places in five years.
Read more Agribusiness March 30, 1999In April 1999, CEDA released the information paper, Infrastructure and Economic Development
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