LANDMARK REPORT False economies | Definitions of efficiency
Three kinds of efficiency Definitions from False economies: decoding efficiency The field of economics has developed a thorough understanding of the concept of efficiency. Unfortunately, this knowledge is generally expressed in the jargon of...
The Wire | 13 March 2014
Border protection and surveillance by drones Tony Abbott announced plans to purchase a fleet of Triton drones while in Adelaide. Used for search and rescue missions, the drones can also act as long range...
The Motley Fool | 27 February 2014
Lend Lease backs out of Abbot Point expansion Recently Lend Lease Group has announced its withdrawal from the Abbot Point port expansion with Aurizon. The project was widely debated due to potential environmental impacts...
ABC North Queensland | 18 February 2014
‘Fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay’? Household incomes lower in Queensland CPD’s Laura Eadie joined Pat Hession on ABC Local Radio North Queensland. They discuss the low average household incomes in Queensland,...
The Brisbane Times | 18 February 2014
‘Queensland’s mining focus threatening wages’ In the recent CPD report All boom, no benefit? author Laura Eadie found that Queensland average household wages were around five per cent lower than the Australian average. Despite decades...
ABC News | 18 February 2014
Queensland has low average incomes by national standards A resource focused economy is not working. All boom, no benefit? by CPD’s Laura Eadie and Michael Hayman has revealed striking differences between the average wages in...
Port Strategy | 26 February 2014
Boom to bust for Queensland ports Last November CPD released Too many ports in a storm a report by research director Laura Eadie. The report explored Queensland’s approach to port development and discussed the current surplus...
BBC News | 5 February 2014
‘Is Australia falling out of love with solar power?’ Australia has the world’s largest number of homes with solar panels, but take-up is now falling after cuts to how much people get paid for...
Sunshine Coast Daily and APN Group | 18 February 2014
Below average incomes in Queensland despite mining boom CPD’s recent report by Laura Eadie, All boom, no benefit, found that Queensland households are 5% below the national average for income. The report findings would likely concern...
Consult Australia | 25 February
Impact of Policy Decisions: The case for evidence based policy making. Consult Australia is the industry association for consulting companies in the built environment sector, including engineers, architects, project managers, planners, environmental scientists and...