Western Australia has the potential to become the Saudi Arabia of the 21st century, replacing Australia's oil imports of $40 billion per annum with algae oil produced in an area the size of a sheep station, a CEDA forum has heard in Perth.
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05/06/2013
Extracts of this opinion piece by CEDA Chief Executive, Professor the Hon. Stephen Martin were published in the Australian Financial Review on 30 May 2013.
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29/05/2013
Government must reduce the cost base of the South Australian economy to kick start it after it stalled in the last two quarters of 2012, State Opposition Leader Steven Marshall has told a CEDA forum in Adelaide.
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28/05/2013
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.
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27/05/2013
The unusually high Australian dollar has given the export economy a beating, leaving the government no choice but to take a softly-softly approach to rebalancing the Federal Budget, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan has told a CEDA forum in Brisbane.
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27/05/2013
Balancing the Federal Budget with an austerity regime would have reduced jobs and growth on a scale seen in Europe after the Global Financial Crisis, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Penny Wong has told a CEDA audience in Melbourne.
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27/05/2013
Australia's superannuation system is not adequate to support an ageing population and will require significant reform if it is to sustain the economy, a CEDA audience in Sydney heard.
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15/05/2013
Public schools must become like private schools with autonomy for principals to tailor their schools to local needs if Australia is to reverse the decline of the public school system, a CEDA forum in Adelaide has heard.
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14/05/2013
In his only pre-budget address in 2013, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer the Hon Wayne Swan addressed a CEDA audience in Melbourne on 'Global forces, the dollar and the budget'.
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01/05/2013
Victoria’s planning system cannot continue operating under a “business as usual” model if we are to accommodate the State’s growing population, a CEDA forum in Melbourne has been told this week.
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01/05/2013