Tim Harcourt – Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:27:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Skills for the future https://www.openforum.com.au/skills-for-the-future/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 22:17:45 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=28903 The new JobTrainer program should give school leavers the experience, confidence and aptitude necessary for economic recovery post-coronavirus.

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Time for a new union accord? https://www.openforum.com.au/time-for-a-new-union-accord/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 23:37:27 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=28475 Can the PM take a leaf from Bill Kelty’s book on industrial relations reform and bring the trade union movement together through social solidarity?

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Welcome to post-pandemic Australia https://www.openforum.com.au/welcome-to-post-pandemic-australia/ Fri, 22 May 2020 00:49:46 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=28069 The Australia emerging from the coronavirus crisis will be different from before. We will still trade with the world, but we will take more account of our interests than before, and we will trust government more.

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Barley, beef and bullies: trade tensions in a COVID-19 world https://www.openforum.com.au/barley-beef-and-bullies-trade-tensions-in-a-covid-19-world/ Fri, 15 May 2020 00:31:02 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=27953 Trade boycotts do not usually work and will come at a great cost to the country imposing the ban.

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8 adventures in “coronomics” https://www.openforum.com.au/8-adventures-in-coronomics/ Sun, 19 Apr 2020 23:22:52 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=27485 If the 1991 recession is the ‘recession we had to have’ then 2020 is the business slowdown we had to engineer to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, but what will be some of its economic ramifications in Australia and the rest of the world?

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Coronanomics https://www.openforum.com.au/coronanomics/ Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:51:02 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=27219 The global economy will never be the same again after the COVID-19 outbreak and neither will Australia in terms of how we work and how we engage with nature.

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The car industry needs a change of gears https://www.openforum.com.au/the-car-industry-needs-a-change-of-gears/ Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:41:30 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=26399 The end of Holden should spur the remainder of the automotive industry to take radical steps to guarantee its future in Australia.

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Australia’s long history of Asian engagement https://www.openforum.com.au/australias-long-history-of-asian-engagement/ Sat, 22 Feb 2020 20:41:54 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=26237 The need to engage with Asia has been a major issue of 21st century Australian politics, but the roots of this debate go much deeper into Australia's past and have been shaped by a succession of prime ministers from all parties.

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Assessing Indonesian-Australian economic ties https://www.openforum.com.au/assessing-indonesian-australian-economic-ties/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:27:56 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=26114 Indonesia is widely covered in the Australian press – mainly about the three B’s – boats, beef and Bali, but there is much more to our economic relationship than  illegal immigration, live cattle exports and drug smuggling cases.

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Remembering Tim Fischer https://www.openforum.com.au/remembering-tim-fischer/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 22:05:10 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=23024 Former Austrade chief economist Tim Harcourt reflects on the passing of the quirky and kind Tim Fischer.

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Engaging Europe after Brexit https://www.openforum.com.au/how-should-australia-engage-europe-after-brexit/ Sun, 07 Apr 2019 20:05:25 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=20273 Australia’s engagement with Europe has traditionally been dominated by its relationship with the United Kingdom. After Brexit, Australia should look to forge stronger ties with Brussels and the continent.

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Trump, trade wars and tariffs https://www.openforum.com.au/trump-trade-wars-and-tariffs/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 20:09:00 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18237 Experts from around the world are working hard to understand what Donald Trump's economic policies mean for global trade systems.

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