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Issues Paper – Banking Competition: The Rhetoric and the Reality
In an Issues Paper distributed to Corporate members in May 2011, author Dr Penny Neal considers competition in the banking sector, recent consolidation in the banking sector and implications for customers and appropriate policy responses to drive competition in the banking sector.
The decision by the major Australian banks to raise home loan interest rates by […]
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Gary Bank’s Presentation on Gambling Now Available
At a Luncheon Seminar for Corporate Members in late March 2011, Mr Gary Banks, AO, Chairman of the Productivity Commission, gave a speech on evidence and public policy in respect of gambling. A copy of Mr Bank’s speech is now available for download.
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New Issues Papers Released
Two new Issues Papers have recently been dispatched to Corporate Members.
Decline and Rejuvenation: The Provincial Cities of South Australia
This paper considers the economic and social rejuvenation of the Provincial Cities of South Australia during the first decade of the 21st Century, and the challenges to maintaining sustainable growth and competitiveness. The analysis confirms that the […]
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Issues Paper: Re-Thinking the Approach to Regional Development in South Australia
In December 2010, an Issues Paper on the topic of regional development in South Australia was distributed to Corporate Members.
In the paper, authors Michael O’Neil and Cliff Walsh argue that regional development in South Australia is an agenda without a policy framework or strategy. South Australia’s economic, social and environmental progress depend entirely on the […]
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December 2010 Economic Briefing
The Centre’s latest Economic Briefing Report will be launched at the December 2010 Economic Briefing presentation on Monday, 13th December, at the Santos Lecture Theatre (Room 126), Level 1, 10 Pulteney Street (Nexus 10).
The function will include a presentation on the situation and outlook for the global, Australian and South Australian […]
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Local Government Price Index – September Quarter 2010
The Centre has updated the South Australian Local Government Price Index (LGPI) for the September quarter 2010.
The LGPI rose by 1.3 per cent in the September quarter. In comparison, the Adelaide Consumer Price Index rose by 0.9 per cent.
The LGPI price index rose by 3.1 per cent through the year to the September quarter […]