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• Statistical annex

  - 2008-06-01

  Annex Table 29. General government primary balances Surplus (+) or deficit (-) as a per cent of nominal GDP 1990 1991 1992 ...

  Tags: Asia, Australia, Belgium, financial, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Investment, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, OECD, U.K., U.S.

• Lack of investment behind skills shortage

  - 2007-11-01

  Lack of investment in vocational education and training VET over the past 11 years is the primary cause of the severe skills shortages impacting on the economy, according to the Australian Industry Group. AIG says Australia will need 270,000 more skilled workers over the next 10 years. Most will...

  Tags: Australia, education, FINANCE, Investment, OECD

• Lack of foresight behind skills shortage: workforce planning requires vision and foresight, attributes that have been sadly lacking in Australia over the past 10 years as our desperate skills shortage shows

  - 2007-07-01

  The Lamp begins a series of features exploring key issues for nurses in this year's federal election. This month we look at education and the consequences of the lack of investment in our TAFEs and universities. A doubling of investment in Vocational and Educational Training VET would add $1...

  Tags: Australia, education, investment, Lamp, OECD, training, vision, workforce

• Corporate social responsibility home and away.

  - 2007-06-13

  Byline: Serena Lillywhite Jun 13, 2007 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The OECD has prepared its "Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises", which can be applied to corporate social responsibility. The latter issue is prominent in Australia, a member of the international body, and...

  Tags: Australia, Leadership, OECD

• Paid maternity leave in 'best practice' organisations: introduction, implementation and organisational context

  - 2007-06-01

  Abstract To date, Australia has no national paid maternity leave scheme, and access to such leave remains limited. In the private and community sectors in particular, workplace provision of paid maternity leave relies on individual enterprise initiatives. However, we still know relatively little about why anal on what basis...

  Tags: Australia, benefit, Government, leave, M., OECD, quantum, staff, women, workplace

• Budgeting for work—life balance: the ideology and politics of work and family policy in Australia

  - 2007-06-01

  Abstract Since its election in 1996 the Howard Government has invested billions of dollars in Australian families with children. Much of this money has been delivered through policies the Government claims will 'support families in the choices they wish to make' about how they combine paid work and family...

  Tags: Australia, benefit, budgeting, Bureau, Canberra, Government, income, OECD, payment, tax, women

• Clearing the way for major projects.

  - 2007-05-27

  Byline: John Nestel and Tony Frost May 27, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The OECD has highlighted the need for Australia to improve its freight, transport and water infrastructure. The OECD argues that capital investment and regulatory change is...

  Tags: Australia, Benefits, FINANCE, Government, OECD, Taxes

• Labor accelerates debate on broadband.

  - 2007-05-15

  Byline: David Crowe May 15, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australia may not be as far behind the world in broadband services as has been claimed. An OECD report has ranked Australia 16th out of 30 developed nations in...

  Tags: Australia, broadband, NETWORKING, OECD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• You can bet on post-election reform.

  - 2007-05-13

  Byline: Alan Mitchell May 13, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Treasury research issued alongside the 2007 Budget shows that labour force participation must rise to preserve economic growth. The tax cuts and child care initiatives in the Budget are...

  Tags: Australia, FINANCE, OECD, Taxes

• Australia welcomes international recognition of increase in overseas aid.

  - 2007-04-04

  M2 PRESSWIRE-4 April 2007-AUSAID: Australia welcomes international recognition of increase in overseas aidC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03042007 Australia's increased overseas aid has been recognised by the Development Assistance Committee DAC of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD. ...

  Tags: Australia, Government, OECD, SOFTWARE