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Welcome Address to the GAP National Economic Review: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit 2010
Eric Roozendaal | September 27, 2010On 17 September 2010 I was delighted to deliver the welcoming address to the National Economic Review 2010: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit and welcome the speakers and delegates to Sydney and to the NSW Parliament. Following is a summary of that address:
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The Outlook for Australian Trade in the 21st Century
Prof Andrew Leigh | September 27, 2010Transcript of the address delivered by the Hon. Andrew Leigh MP to the Global Access Partners National Economic Review: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit on 17 September 2010.
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Getting more Bang for the Buck: Markets, Prices, Competition and the Role of Government
Louise Sylvan | September 27, 2010Louise Sylvan presented a keynote address to the GAP National Economic Review: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit on 17 September 2010. The following is based on her speaking notes.
There are three key areas – that I believe are critical for economic growth and where governments clearly play an important, influential role. The first is competition. In my view, the best way to get the most bang for the consumer buck is good competition.
That is why the micro-economic reforms of the 1980s and ‘90s were so effective in helping to increase our productivity and thus our living standards. Australian markets became much more open, products from countries with an advantage in producing them came onto our markets and spurred much stronger competition or a focus on products in Australia that could be delivered with advantage here.
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Australia and Mexico – so far yet so close
Jess Chalker | September 24, 2010As trading partners, Australia and Mexico are beginning to go steady. But with speculations that Mexico is on the brink of failed state status, could this become a bad romance? It certainly doesn’t seem that way…
Just last year, Australia and Mexico’s two-way merchandise trade was worth $2 billion. Our people-to-people links are growing stronger, there are more opportunities for bilateral trade on the horizon than ever before and education links are flourishing; with more and more Australian and Mexican students taking advantage of our countries’ reciprocal education programs.
Multilaterally our union is strong too, as we continue to work harmoniously on issues such as climate change, whaling, and in forums, including the United Nations, G20, WTO and APEC.
Clearly, the Australia-Mexico relationship shows much promise. Still, many pundits would have you believe that our partner is unsteady on its feet.
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A Prescription for Australian Innovation
Martin Duursma | September 24, 2010The following is based on the speech delivered at the Global Access Partners National Economic Review: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit, 17 September 2010, by Martin Duursma, CTO Office Chair, Vice President of Citrix Labs, Citrix Systems.
Let me frame the discussion with a couple of statements:
- The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
- Failure is good.
Today all of us find ourselves in an Australia that is one of the leading economies in the OECD, in large part due to our good fortune with our resources boom. But, is this a long term condition? Indeed if you think about the word ‘boom’, isn’t it usually followed by the word ‘bust’?
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Dousing the Beacon
joseph | September 23, 2010Al-Manar, the Lebanese based television station associated with Hezbollah is currently under investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), for programmes broadcast into Australia.
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Economics & Psychology: A marriage of necessity
Bob Cummins | September 20, 2010The following is a transcript of the keynote lunchtime presentation to the National Economic Review 2010: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit, Parliament House, Sydney, 17th September 2010, delivered by Professor Robert A. Cummins.
I’d like to share with you a short-story, with six chapters.
CHAPTER 1
Let me take you back to the start of biological time; back to the start of life on earth. When the first strands of DNA were formed, they created genes – very selfish genes. These genes had a single purpose – to reproduce their own kind. So, the process of evolution was a battle-ground between these genes, each in a race to produce a better host – that is, to produce an animal that was better at making and raising babies than the competition.
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Green & Gold Issues
patrickcallioni | September 20, 2010I am writing this as I attend the National Economic Review 2010, at Parliament House in Sydney. -
UncategorisedWorld Computer Congress Brisbane 2010
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Building on our Strengths
Wayne Swan | September 19, 2010Following is a transcript of the speech delivered by The Hon. Wayne Swan MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer to the opening dinner of the Global Access Partners National Economic Review: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit, Sydney, 16 September 2010.
Thanks very much for having me here today and thanks Lisa [Middlebrook] for that introduction.
Can I welcome Jonathan Coppel, Senior Economic Adviser to the Secretary General of the OECD – who’s sitting over there at my table. Jonathan I hope you enjoy your time in Australia.
It’s great to be involved in marking the opening of Global Access Partners’ National Economic Review, which focuses on "how to boost Australia’s global competitive advantage and drive sustainable growth". This is the essence of the Government’s mission and I’m looking forward to stepping through some of that for you tonight.
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