Manufacturing still receives 80% of net government assistance, largely due to the remaining small levels of tariff assistance, plus some budget measures.
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Under current government policy we are penalising the sector of the economy where there is the largest proportion of existing employment and the best prospects for future growth.
The government’s announcement that the age of entitlement is over may be a poisoned chalice for the Productivity Commission.
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Roy Green, University of Technology Sydney and Phillip Toner, University of Technology Sydney
Every year the Productivity Commission (PC) produces an annual report card on Australian government assistance to industry. And every year it singles out the “usual suspects” for attention, particularly…
Industry assistance cuts will have long-term impacts on Australia’s international competitiveness.
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The 2014 Budget has been variously celebrated and reviled as a “budget for corporate Australia”. But this assessment is based on the premise that corporate tax cuts and infrastructure spending will provide…