Government service provision


Inflation and productivity: all together now

The Commonwealth Government is talking tough on fiscal policy. They have to, to back up their equally tough line on monetary policy. But they’re just one level of government. What are the states and territories doing? Christian Kerr investigates.

How to overcome indigenous disadvantage: Productivity Commission chairman tells

This evening, Gary Banks, chairman of the Productivity Commission, will deliver a speech entitled ‘Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage in Australia’ to the Second OECD World Forum on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”, in Istanbul, Turkey. To follow are some timely extracts.