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Mobile nation: driving workforce participation and productivity
No full textOver the past three decades, the capabilities and adoption of mobile technologies have grown substantively. They have gone from being a novelty to become ubiquitous; an essential tool for modern life. Today, faster connections and ubiquity mean that mobile devices are used for everything – from commerce and research to location-based services and games. The mobile revolution has spread beyond smartphones to a range of devices, including tablets, laptops and dongles.
The next wave of the mobile revolution is now emerging. More businesses and individuals are adapting the way they behave and respond to mobile technology. Improvements in speed and latency will enable a range of new disruptive services, including the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous driving, mobile wallets and drone technologies.
The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has asked Deloitte Access Economics to report on the updated impact of mobile on productivity in the Australian economy. The research also assesses the importance of mobile technologies in enabling workforce participation.
The report is informed by new modelling of the drivers of productivity, based on data from 37 countries over 30 years, as well as a survey of 1,000 Australians less likely to be working, or less likely to be working full time. It finds that, in total, Australia’s economy is $42.9 billion larger in 2015 than it would otherwise be because of the long-term productivity and workforce participation impacts generated by mobile
Shedding light on the debate: myth-busting tax reform #1
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Overview
The easy ride is over. No longer is Australian prosperity able to slipstream on the growth of a fast charging China. Our living standards have stalled since 2011, and there is a risk this period of stagnation will linger unless and until our nation once more takes charge of its own destiny. It doesn’t need to be this way. 2015 should be a year of opportunity as Australia considers key changes to tax policy.
But the signs aren’t encouraging. A better tax system could be a big contributor to building the Lucky Country, a key goal for Deloitte. Yet to date a mix of factors – the political climate, the reactions of vested interests, and the sheer breadth of the reform opportunities being considered – has resulted in a debate that has been confusing, contradictory and inflexible.
Most frustratingly, it has been characterised by a proliferation of myths and misconceptions.
That’s why Deloitte is releasing two reports aimed at shedding light where there is currently too much heat. Our first report covers three contentious areas: fiscal drag, GST and company tax. Reforms to all three are vital. But they are dogged by misconceptions that just won’t die
Building resilient infrastructure
No full textThis is the third report prepared for the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities by Deloitte Access Economics.
The Roundtable’s first report, released in 2013, looked at the financial costs of extreme weather events in Australia and the dramatic growth in anticipated costs to 2050. We found that carefully targeted investment in resilience measures now will reduce Australian Government expenditure on natural disaster relief and recovery by more than 50% by 2050. We also found that in 2015 the total economic cost of natural disaster events in Australia exceeded 33 billion per year by 2050.
Between 2002-03 and 2010-11, more than 17 billion (in net present value terms) will be needed to directly replace critical infrastructure between 2015 and 2050 due to the impact of natural disasters.
A total of $1.1 trillion will be spent on critical infrastructure between now and 2050. Resilient infrastructure will play a crucial role in helping communities to withstand, respond to and recover from the potentially devastating impact of natural disasters in Australia.
Despite this, the report finds only limited reference to resilience in the cost-benefit analysis guidelines applicable to infrastructure project appraisals. It is concerning that there is currently no requirement for government or the private sector to consider resilience when making investment decisions, nor are there best practice principles to encourage its consideration
Australia’s health and medical research workforce: expert people providing exceptional returns
No full textOver a number of years, ASMR has observed, with deep concern, the erosion of Australia’s health and medical research workforce. A large proportion of this workforce is supported by the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the peak funding body for Australian health and medical research. However, five years of static investment into the NHMRC has resulted in falling grant funding rates and a decline in the NHMRC-funded workforce; this trend endangers the capacity of NHMRC investment to continue producing exceptional health and economic returns [Access Economics 2008b] and will equate to major negative impacts on the ability of the workforce to respond to the escalating and unsustainable healthcare crisis Australia now faces.
This report sought to describe the dynamics and quantify the value of the NHMRC-funded health and medical research workforce in Australia. Furthermore, the report calculates the health and economic gains attributable to the NHMRC-funded workforce under various contrasting scenarios, including changes to workforce size and investment models. The methodology used within the report has been described and validated elsewhere [Access Economics 2008b], with slight adjustments
Australia’s health and medical research workforce: expert people providing exceptional returns
No full textOver a number of years, ASMR has observed, with deep concern, the erosion of Australia’s health and medical research workforce. A large proportion of this workforce is supported by the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the peak funding body for Australian health and medical research. However, five years of static investment into the NHMRC has resulted in falling grant funding rates and a decline in the NHMRC-funded workforce; this trend endangers the capacity of NHMRC investment to continue producing exceptional health and economic returns [Access Economics 2008b] and will equate to major negative impacts on the ability of the workforce to respond to the escalating and unsustainable healthcare crisis Australia now faces.
This report sought to describe the dynamics and quantify the value of the NHMRC-funded health and medical research workforce in Australia. Furthermore, the report calculates the health and economic gains attributable to the NHMRC-funded workforce under various contrasting scenarios, including changes to workforce size and investment models. The methodology used within the report has been described and validated elsewhere [Access Economics 2008b], with slight adjustments
The economic contribution of Melbourne’s foodbowl
No full textThe value of Melbourne’s foodbowl to the regional economy is significant:
Melbourne’s foodbowl accounts for more than 1.7 million hectares of agricultural land, consisting of a mix of enterprises, most notably vegetables, poultry, dairy and livestock production.
It contributes 32 million and 290 million higher per annum.
The ancillary benefits of Melbourne’s foodbowl beyond these quantitative metrics include the insurance value against drought and climate change, the green wedge values associated with land used for farming rather than urban development, and the option value of land use that is retained when land is used for farmin
Economic effects of ridesharing in Australia
No full textThis report looks at the economic effects in Australia of Uber and its uberX ridesharing platform. The impact of the launch, and subsequent growth of Uber, and particularly its UberX platform is playing out as one of Australia’s most compelling sharing economy and digital disruption stories.
This report, commissioned by Uber, looks at the impacts of the new ridesharing economy on consumers, uberX driver-partners and the wider community.
Key report findings include:
Operating at current levels, uberX creates benefits for consumers of approximately $81 million per year
Ridesharing is growing the point-to-point transport market, with more than 60% of uberX rides new to the point-to-point transport market
uberX services are, on average, just under 20% cheaper than equivalent taxi fares, including dynamic (surge) pricing
Deloitte Access Economics
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Deloitte Access Economics
No full textThis publication contains many links to external sites. These external sites may no longer be active.Made available by the Library & Archives NT via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)
Deloitte Access Economics
No full textThis publication contains many links to external sites. These external sites may no longer be active.Made available by the Library & Archives NT via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)
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