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Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of human services and beyond – Tania Dey
A recent report by the Productivity Commission, examines the role of competition and contestability in achieving efficiencies in human services. The Productivity Commission points towards well established markets for childcare, schools, optometries, GP (Medicare) and allied health professionals which demonstrates the benefits of competition. The report acknowledges that competition or contestability may not be suitable […]
Revealing the true role of South Australian Services Exports
The South Australian services sector contributes more to exports than is revealed by trade statistics. As such, a policy environment that encourages competitiveness in the services sector will also improve our export competitiveness.
In 2016/17, South Australian services sector contributed nearly 60 per cent of the state’s Gross State Product (GSP) and more than three-quarters of […]