NSW
wants financial services taxes made competitive with AsiaThe NSW government is targeting the export of financial services
as a key driver of future budget surpluses and wants Canberra benchmark tax
settings with other financial centres in the region to ensure Sydney is able to
compete and grow jobs.
Victoria
Thieberger As policymakers and economists try to gauge
the pace of rebalancing in the economy, they are hamstrung by a lack of surveys
and data that track services, which account for 70 per cent of economic
activity.
Growth in the Australian economy is concentrated in a small number
of inner-city and resource-rich locations, while 35% of locations are
effectively in recession, according to research from PwC released today.
Public Private Partnerships: Global trends
This report explores some of the more promising developments in both mature and developing PPP markets, including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Asia and the United States. The review highlights a number of key international trends to be considered in the Australian context.
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Public Private Partnerships: Global trends
This report explores some of the more promising developments in both mature and developing PPP markets, including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Asia and the United States. The review highlights a number of key international trends to be considered in the Australian context.
A hard slog ahead for
households
Business Spectator, 19/6/15. Australian wage growth has fallen to its lowest level since at least the early 1990s recession. Increased spare capacity, a lower terms of trade and an unsustainably high real exchange rate help explain why this has occurred. Nevertheless, the fall in wage growth has been larger than simple historical relationships suggest, and it could have important implications for Australia’s next recession.
Humour in courtsBusiness Spectator, 19/6/15. Australian wage growth has fallen to its lowest level since at least the early 1990s recession. Increased spare capacity, a lower terms of trade and an unsustainably high real exchange rate help explain why this has occurred. Nevertheless, the fall in wage growth has been larger than simple historical relationships suggest, and it could have important implications for Australia’s next recession.
Qing Dynasty measured some 14.7 million square kilometers in 1790…The two biggest countries in western Europe were under 0.7 million in the late eighteenth century.
That is from Philip T. Hoffman’s new and interesting Why Did Europe Conquer the World?, here is the book’s home page. Hoffman does note, however, that if we count empires the Spanish empire was during that time larger than China.
And from recent House hearing on the subject: “OPM chief ducks blame for data breach, pins it on ‘whole of government'” [Washington Examiner]