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Australia report foresees ageing workforce

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AUSTRALIA

The central finding of the report is that an ageing population will create economic and budgetary challenges for the government in the coming decades as workforce participation…

Japan is likely to win Australian submarine tender

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AUSTRALIA

The Soryu class is currently under consideration by Canberra as a replacement to the RAN's aging fleet of Collins-class submarines, in light of intensifying security challenges in…

Australia energy policy will undermine emissions goals

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AUSTRALIA

Recent economic data provide mixed signals for the economy, although GDP growth and inflation forecasts remain unchanged. The most important domestic risks to the economic outlook…

Australian income tax changes will have limited impact

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AUSTRALIA

Labor’s changes reduce help for higher earners and instead prioritise workers on low and middle incomes. Parties on the political right have condemned the move, but opinion polls…

As it considers regulation Canberra must also boost AI

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AUSTRALIA

Lack of a clear regulatory framework has been partially blamed for Australia’s relatively slow take-up of AI by the business sector. Although there is already a code of ethics for…

Coal sector may threaten Australia's emissions targets

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AUSTRALIA

Sited in Queensland and New South Wales, the four mines will collectively release some 1,250 million tonnes of carbon over their lifetimes, raising doubts about the Albanese…

New IGR will add to concerns about labour productivity

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AUSTRALIA

The Labor government brought forward this IGR, which appears only two years after the 2021 edition rather than the usual five, suggesting that its multi-decade perspective would…

Australian budget curbs spending but dodges reform

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AUSTRALIA

This seventh successive monthly increase takes the RBA’s benchmark cash rate to a nine-year high. With inflation now expected to exceed even the more recent RBA forecasts, further…

Environment and technology dominate the WEF agenda

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INT

For the first time in the eleven-year history of the survey, no economic risk makes the list of the top five most likely or biggest impact risks. In contrast, large-scale…

Skills shortage may hit Australia's post-COVID growth

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AUSTRALIA

The closing of internal and external borders in response to COVID-19 has heightened a longstanding skills deficit in key industries, with implications for wage levels, prices and…