Tag: Productivity Commission

Manufacturing boost is no answer to IRA: Outgoing PC chair

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A boost to Australia’s manufacturing sector should not be the “main logical and rational” response to the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act, according to outgoing Productivity Commission chair Michael...

Productivity Commission reforms to be led by new chair

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has appointed a deputy secretary from the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance Chris Barrett as the new chair of the Productivity Commission. Announcing the appointment...

Battery industry rejects Productivity Commission advice

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australian battery industry stakeholders have rejected the Productivity Commission’s doubts on the effectiveness of industry support, with one innovation expert describing it’s claims as “tiresomely predictable”. Released on Thursday,...

Productivity Commission doubts battery industry competitiveness

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia is unlikely to have a comparative advantage in exporting locally made batteries according to the Productivity Commission’s latest report, as it warns against adopting the “old-school protectionism” growing...

NRF to spur ‘conga line of rent-seekers’: Coalition

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Federal opposition Senators are concerned that investments through the National Reconstruction Fund will be captured by rent-seekers, with several Senators voicing concern. The Coalition arguments follow the release of...

Productivity Commission ignores capabilities Australia already has

Posted on   |  by Marcus Thompson
Productivity and competition go hand in hand, so it’s no great surprise that the Productivity Commission’s (PC) five-yearly productivity inquiry doesn’t advocate for increased sovereign capability across the Australian...