Productivity Summit Begins with a Warning on NDIS Spending

Productivity summit begins with a warning on NDIS spending

Treasurer Jim Chalmers opens the much-anticipated productivity round table with an appeal for participants to seek consensus. Meanwhile, the NDIS has emerged as a key "structural issue" in the budget being eyed by the federal government for further reforms.

Everything you need to know about the productivity roundtable

From tax to AI, here’s what to expect when business, union and political leaders meet in Canberra for the three-day Economic Reform Roundtable.

Answers to ailing productivity to steer economic future

Key economic stakeholders will meet to discuss solutions to Australia’s languishing productivity. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) By Kat Wong and Tess Ikonomou in Canberra Ideas to energise the nation’s productivity will lay the groundwork for Australia’s future as the federal government prepares to open the floor. Key economic stakeholders will descend on the nation’s capital for the federal government’s much-anticipated economic roundtable on Tuesda…

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Productivity to dominate agenda as symposium begins

After weeks of build up, arguably the biggest event of Australia's economic calendar is set to begin as...

Productivity's high on the agenda but so is managing expectations

Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood has delivered the Federal Government with a to-do list to be discussed at this week’s roundtable. Photo: Grattan Institute Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers are reining in expectations over this week’s productivity roundtable, with the Prime Minister touting his election mandate while the Treasurer is being “realistic” about outcomes. The three-day gathering, now officially called the Economic Reform R…