Following our series on Tony Abbott’s five pillars of the economy, today we look at a sector overlooked by the prime minister.
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In our final piece on the five pillars of the economy, we look at services. It’s the great economic hope - but opportunities in the burgeoning Asian market elude us.
There is a future for manufacturing in Australia - but we need to follow some international lessons to build a competitive knowledge-based economy.
The mining boom is over and the industry is employing fewer workers – but the outlook for mining in Australia seems generally good.
Education is a central pillar of our economy. Not only does the education sector employ nearly 8% of Australian workers, it is our fourth largest export earner.
As the Coalition government prepares its second budget, how is the “five pillar” economy promised by Tony Abbott faring?
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Adjunct Professor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Murdoch University
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor of Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Victoria Institute for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney