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• December 2011 Economic Briefing
  The global economy has experienced a slowdown in 2011 with the growing soverign debt crisis in Europe,  a slower than anticipated recovery in the United States economy, the Great East Japan Earthquake and political unrest in some oil-producing countrie...
• Issues Paper – Assisting Regions and Communities to Cope With Structural Change
  A new Economic Issues paper – Assisting Regions and Communities to Cope with Structural Change: Context, Objectives, Principles and Good Practice – was recently distributed to Corporate Members. This paper is the final of three papers on regional issue...
• Luncheon Seminar with Ms Glenys Beauchamp, Secretary of the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
  The Centre will be holding a Luncheon Seminar for Corporate Members on Thursday, 22nd September 2011, featuring guest speaker Ms Glenys Beauchamp, Secretary of the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government.  Ms Beauch...
• Luncheon Seminar featuring Mr David Tune, Secretary of the Department of Fianance and Deregulation
  The Centre will be holding a Luncheon Seminar for Corporate Members on Friday, 19th August 2011, featuring guest speaker Mr David Tune, PSM, Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation.  Mr Tune will address the topic of ‘laying the foundat...
• Issues Paper – The Economic Consequences of the Euro
  In this paper Dr Colin Rogers considers the current economic crisis in Greece and argues that the governance structure of the Euro is exacerbating the crisis with the potential to turn what is a liquidity crisis (following the flight of private capital...
• The importance of language, literacy and numeracy skills from an economic, social, labour market, government and citizenship perspective
  The Centre’s Executive Director, Assoc Professor Michael O’Neil, presented this paper to the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP) National Provider Forum, Melbourne (8-9 June). Given the findings of the ABS/OECD international survey on lan...
• Problem gamblers and the role of the financial sector
  The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs recently published an Occasional Paper prepared by the SA Centre for Economic Studies on problem gamblers and the role of the financial sector. The focus of the paper is to ...
• Issues Paper – Banking Competition: The Rhetoric and the Reality
  In an Issues Paper distributed to Corporate members in May 2011, author Dr Penny Neal considers competition in the banking sector, recent consolidation in the banking sector and implications for customers and appropriate policy responses to drive compe...
• June 2011 Economic Briefing Luncheon
  The Centre’s June 2011 Economic Briefing Report will be launched at the Economic Briefing Function on Friday, 24th June 2011.  The function will be held  at Santos Lecture Theatre (Room 126), Level 1, 10 Pulteney Street (Pulteney Tower), Adelaide, and ...
• Gary Bank’s Presentation on Gambling Now Available
  At a Luncheon Seminar for Corporate Members in late March 2011, Mr Gary Banks, AO, Chairman of the Productivity Commission, gave a speech on evidence and public policy in respect of gambling.  A copy of Mr Bank’s speech is now available for download.