The Australian Economy
Australia hasn’t had a recession – in the widely used sense of two or more consecutive quarters of negative real GDP growth – since 1991. Since then, Australia’s ranking among nations in terms of per capita GDP has risen from 22nd to, in the last four years, either 12th or 13th, behind only the United States, Norway, Switzerland and a number of other smaller states which are predominantly either oil producers or financial centres. Australia’s economic performance reflects a combination of luck and management – the relative importance and quality of which have varied significantly from time to time. Monitoring the performance of and analysing the prospects for the Australian economy has been the major part of my ‘day job’ since I completed my university degree in 1979.
Australia’s Economic Horizon
The Australian Economy | 1st March 2016Presentation to the 2016 ABARES Outlook Conference in Canberra, on 1st March 2016
Disruptive Economic Forces
The Australian Economy | 6th November 2015Presentation to the Queensland Division of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA)’s Annual Developers’ Conference at Sanctuary Cove, Queensland, 6th November 2015
An Australian Recession: Possible, but not Probable
The Australian Economy | 19th August 2015Presentation to the Portfolio Construction Forum’s 2015 Conference, Australian Technology Park, Sydney, 19th August 2015
The future of manufacturing isn’t in a return to the past
The Australian Economy | 15th August 2015Article published in ‘Management Today’, the magazine of the Australian Institute of Management, August 2015
The ‘Asian Century’ – Implications for Australia and for Melbourne
Australian Society and Politics, The Australian Economy | 26th October 2012Address to the Metro Planning Strategy Joint Industry Symposium, Melbourne, 26th October 2012
The Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on the Australian Economy
The Australian Economy | 3rd June 2009Presentation to the Queensland CFO Summit, Brisbane, 3rd June 2009
Australia and Britain – How the China-Driven Commodities Boom is Causing Their Economic Cycles to Diverge
The Australian Economy | 26th September 2007Talk to a luncheon hosted by the Australia-Britain Chamber of Commerce, 26th September 2007
Financial implications of an ageing population
The Australian Economy | 25th May 2007Presentation to Aged & Community Care Victoria’s State Congress and Trade Exhibition, 25th May 2007