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Harnessing private sector conservation of biodiversity

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

conservation of biodiversity. With more than 60 per cent of Australia's land area under private management, conservation cannot be … effectiveness of biodiversity conservation activities by the private sector, it is also important to examine the scope for enhancing … facilitating more efficient and effective private provision of biodiversity conservation, such as removing regulatory constraints …

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Structural Adjustment - Key Policy Issues

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001

Structural Adjustment – Key Policy Issues highlights two challenging issues for policy advisers and policy makers alike — the evaluative framework used for assessing reform proposals and the development of implementation strategies to give effect to policy changes. The Commission argues that...

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ICT Use and Productivity: A Synthesis from Studies of Australian Firms

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The increased use of information and communications technology (ICT) has helped to raise Australia’s productivity growth, according to a new Commission study. It has enabled firms to innovate in what they do and how they do it. ICT Use and Productivity: A Synthesis from Studies of Australian...

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Telecommunications Competition Regulation

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

On 21 June 2000 the Commission received a reference from the Treasurer on telecommunications-specific competition regulation for inquiry and report within 12 months of receipt of the reference. In conducting the review, the Commission was to have regard to the state of competition in the...

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Potential Benefits of the National Reform Agenda

Commission, Productivity - Productivity Commission, Government of Australia - 2007

This research paper which investigated the potential economic and revenue impacts of a National Reform Agenda (NRA) found that the NRA has the potential to significantly raise national output and incomes in Australia. The main purpose of the study was to help governments better understand the...

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Impacts of Advances in Medical Technology in Australia

Commission, Productivity - Productivity Commission, Government of Australia

the Productivity Commission research report into the ‘Impacts of Advances in Medical Technology in Australia’ was released on 20 September 2005. The report responds to a request from the Australian Government to examine the impact of advances in medical technology on public and private...

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Public Liability Claims Management

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2003

In this report commissioned by the Australian Government, the Commission found that claims management practices for public liability insurance should not prevent benefits from recent government policy changes being passed onto consumers. The Commission found that the market environment in which...

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Social capital: reviewing the concept and its policy implications

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2003

There is scope for Governments to take more account of social capital in policy development, according to this Commission study. This paper suggests that social capital generally brings social and economic benefits by reducing transaction costs, promoting cooperative behaviour, diffusing...

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Cost recovery by Government agencies

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

The Commonwealth Government asked the Productivity Commisison to review cost recovery arrangements across the Government's regulatory,administrative and information agencies,and to develop guidelines for the future application of cost recovery.

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Pastoral leases and non-pastoral land use

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

The paper reviews pastoral lease arrangements across jurisdictions in Australia and the extent to which these affect the emergence of non- pastoral land uses. Some comparisons are also made with pastoral lease arrangements in New Zealand, which has a history and pattern of pastoral lease...

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