CEDA hompage  »  research  »  Publications  »  Information papers and individual reports

Information papers and individual reports

CEDA's information papers and individual reports examine significant public policy and business issues affecting Australia's development. CEDA works with members, independent researchers and partner organisations to produce the reports.

Printed and electronic copies are available for purchase by non-members. Members can download all papers.

CEDA has limited copies of earlier papers. Contact us for more information.

• Information Paper 92: The contribution of foreign direct investment and the mining industry to the welfare of Australians
  CEDA's latest research concludes Australia needs to relax its current foreign investment rules and guidelines further as they unnecessarily restrict foreign investment and growth.
• Information Paper 91: Sharing the Costs of Parental Leave
  CEDA's latest information paper explores how an optional income contingent loan could fund additional parental leave.
• Information Paper 90: Sustainable Queensland Volume 3
  The third volume of CEDA's Sustainable Queensland project is a detailed examination of how the state can cope with the growth expected in the years ahead. The papers discuss water infrastructure, corporate social responsibility and eco-tourism.
• Information Paper 89: Pensions for Longer Life
  Despite significant increases in life expectancy, the pension age remains the same as when it was established in 1909.  This Information Paper proposes a gradual rise in the pension age and abandonment of the fixed pension age strategy.
• Competing from Australia Paper 3: Innovation and growth in resource-based economies
  Australia's high dependence on the resources sector does not constrain its economic growth nor innovation potential.
• Information Paper 88: Sustainable Queensland Volume 2
  The time may be right for Queensland to create more so-called "Public-Private Partnerships" (PPPs), using private sector finance, to fund infrastructure projects. To do so, they'll have to create attractive investment options to compete against stiff domestic and foreign competition for capital.
• Competing from Australia Paper 2: Export weakness, investment strength
  The deterioration in export volume growth is sharply contrasted by a rapid increase in direct investment abroad.
• Information Paper 87: Sustainable Queensland Volume 1
  Queensland is in danger of being "loved to death". Through active population management, workforce skilling and infrastructure planning, the State will ensure sustainable economic development without diminishing the enviable Queensland lifestyle.
• Business Best Practice: Water that works: Sustainable water management in the commercial sector
  The commercial sector must find innovative approaches to water usage and wastewater management to ensure a sustainable demand on Australia's water resources. Cost reductions offer the strongest incentive for action, with the possibility of new market opportunities.
• Information Paper 86: The Local Broadband Imperative
  Australia's governments should ensure that many different broadband systems can be brought to different parts of Australia. And the nation should avoid building a monolithic new national broadband Internet network.
• Competing from Australia Paper 1: Global Chains
  Australia is at risk of being left out of the new wave of globalisation - the rise of the global production and supply chains.
• Information Paper 85: Tax Cuts to Compete
  Which taxes should Australia cut to get the fastest possible economic growth? Company taxes, says this CEDA information paper.
• Information Paper 84: Tax Cuts for Growth
  If you cut marginal income tax rates, will the economy grow faster? Yes, if you target your tax cuts at the less well off, says this CEDA information paper.
• Information Paper 83: The effectiveness of management development in Australia
  Australian organisations need to create stronger links between management education and corporate strategy.
• Information Paper 80: Australia's Diaspora: Its Size, Nature and Policy Implications
  Australians choose to live and work overseas in ever-greater numbers. But so long as we encourage enough Australians to eventually return, we will experience a beneficial "brain circulation" rather than a damaging "brain drain".