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Economic Survey of Australia 2008

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10-Oct-2008

How to balance inflation threats and risks of a strong downturn? How to strengthen labour supply? How to enhance education performance? What reforms are needed for labour and product markets? How to implement climate change policy and sustainable water management?

Policy Brief: Economic Survey of Australia,2008

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10-Oct-2008

The performance of the Australian economy has remained remarkable inmost respects. However, after more than a decade and a half of rapid growththe economy has bumped into capacity constraints, while facing ...

Eliminating Deaths and Serious Injuries in Road Transport

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25-Sep-2008

A new report "Towards Zero: Ambitious Road Safety Targets and the Safe System Approach" was released at OECD/ITF high level road safety seminar in Paris, held on 25-26 September. Read the Press Release

International Migration Outlook 2008: Australia country note

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10-Sep-2008

This country note together with a standardised table describes recent trends in migration movements and policies.

Improving school leadership - summary english vol 2

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28-Aug-2008

Summary of a book of case studies examining innovative approaches to sharing leadership across schools in Belgium (Flanders), Finland and the United Kingdom (England) and leadership development prgrammes for system improvement in Australia and Austria.

Globalisation: A learning curve. Reflections from the OECD’s experience

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12-Aug-2008

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary General

In his remarks delivered at the University of Sydney, Mr Gurría explained that globalisation has helped to create global wealth and human progress. He also stated that it has created a much more complex global reality transformed by global challenges, emerging actors and contrasting perspectives.

Official visit of the Secretary-General to Australia (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, 3-8 August 2008)

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26-Jul-2008

During his official visit to Australia, the Secretary-General of the OECD, Angel Gurría attended the APEC Ministerial Meeting on Structural Reform and met with government officials and business representatives to discuss a range of key policy issues.

Producer and Consumer Support Estimates, OECD Database 1986-2008

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04-Jul-2008

This database is a complement to the annual report Agricultural Policies in OECD countries: Montoring and Evaluation. It provides detailed information on Producer support estimates and Consumer support estimates in the Excel format.

Employment Outlook 2008 - How does Australia compare ?

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02-Jul-2008

The OECD Employment Outlook takes an annual look at key issues in employment. This document  highlights findings from the Employment Outlook Edition 2008 relevant to Australia.