“Returning the budget to surplus is the right approach and the Government should be aiming to get back to surplus in the medium term,” Australia and New Zealand Banking Corporation, Senior Economist, Craig Michaels told a CEDA audience in Melbourne. Read more…
01/05/2012
https://events.ceda.com.au/News-and-analysis/CEDA-Events/Budget-surplus-is-the-right-approach
Reforms will assist in improving productivity by “saving money, driving the economy, and by widening opportunities for people to live and earn a living in this country”, COAG Reform Council, Chairman, Paul McClintock AO told a CEDA audience in Melbourne. Read more…
01/03/2012
https://events.ceda.com.au/News-and-analysis/CEDA-Events/COAG-reforms-will-improve-Australia’s-productivity
Australian businesses need to create a culture of open and honest discussions about mental health a CEDA forum in Melbourne heard. Read more…
05/09/2013
https://events.ceda.com.au/News-and-analysis/CEDA-Events/Culture-change-needed-for-workplace-wellbeing
Improvements in rail will assist Australia’s productivity, competitiveness and performance, a CEDA audience has heard in Melbourne. Read more…
01/04/2012
https://events.ceda.com.au/News-and-analysis/CEDA-Events/Improvements-in-rail-means-better-productivity-for-Australia
While surpluses are forecast over the forward estimates, “building for growth” in Victoria will require strong fiscal management and expenditure control, Victorian Treasurer Michael O’Brien has told a CEDA audience in Melbourne. Read more…
27/05/2013
https://events.ceda.com.au/News-and-analysis/CEDA-Events/VIC-infrastructure-spend-from-operating-surplus-not-debt
On his 100th day in office, Premier Denis Napthine announced two new initiatives to direct Victoria’s push into Asia while giving CEDA’s State of the State address. Read more…
30/06/2013
https://events.ceda.com.au/News-and-analysis/CEDA-Events/VIC-Trade-partnerships-with-Asia-key-to-economic-growth
The Prime Minister does deserve enormous credit for all of this [reform], but...if she loses the next election that credit will slip away as well because Tony Abbott will unwind it. Read more…
01/03/2012
https://events.ceda.com.au/News-and-analysis/CEDA-Events/Tony-Abbott-will-be-the-next-Prime-Minister
While the Australian Medical Association's co-payment plan would benefit doctors, it wouldn't help Government savings, according to Federal Health Minister, the Hon. Peter Dutton. Read more…
25/08/2014
https://events.ceda.com.au/News-and-analysis/CEDA-Events/AMA-proposal-good-for-doctors-but-not-Government-savings-Dutton
Australia can punch above its weight but must choose its battlefields, Siemens Australia, CEO, Jeff Connolly has told CEDA's 2014 Economic and Political Overview forum in Melbourne. Read more…
28/02/2014
https://events.ceda.com.au/News-and-analysis/CEDA-Events/Australia-must-choose-its-battlefields-Jeff-Connolly
Despite economic uncertainty, Australians and business should not withdraw from the world, but must ensure the country has buffers in place to deal with future shocks, Reserve Bank of Australia Governor, Philip Lowe told a CEDA audience in Melbourne. Read more…
16/11/2016
https://events.ceda.com.au/News-and-analysis/CEDA-Events/Australia-needs-buffers-to-prepare-for-economic-shocks