LABOR PRODUCTIVITY – AUSTRALIA

Hot-desking hit with landlord

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Original article by Samantha Hutchinson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 31 : 22-Jul-14

Commercial landlords are not worried by a new trend in office space management. Hot-desking, or activity-based workspaces (ABW), has not had a negative impact on office occupancy rates despite what had initially been expected. Charter Hall co-MD David Southon does not see a major contraction in space requirements. Charter Hall expects ABW to generate cost efficiencies and productivity gains in its office tower at 1 Martin Place in Sydney

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CHARTER HALL GROUP – ASX CHC, DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION, JONES LANG LASALLE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Treasury says lower $A to avoid income crunch

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Original article by Jacob Greber
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1-Feb : 22-Jul-14

The Melbourne Economic Forum has warned of the need for a reduction in real wages and higher productivity to avert a decline in Australians’ standard of living. However, Professor Ian McDonald of Melbourne University believes that the economic modelling has too much emphasis on productivity. Meanwhile, federal Treasury economist David Gruen told the forum that the Australian dollar is likely to fall in coming years, which will assist the transition from the mining boom

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MELBOURNE ECONOMIC FORUM, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. CENTRE OF POLICY STUDIES, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA

Living standards set to fall

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Original article by Jacob Greber, Ben Potter
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 2 : 21-Jul-14

The Melbourne Economic Forum has warned of a sharp rise in the unemployment rate and a reduced standard of living if Australia fails to take action to increase productivity. Economic modelling by the forum suggests that the jobless rate will rise to 6.6 per cent late in 2015 without such reform. Victoria University’s Professor James Giesecke says that productivity will need to grow by 0.7 per cent each year simply to preserve the current standard of living

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MELBOURNE ECONOMIC FORUM, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA