Productive Reform in a Federal System

Main Contributors

Session 1: Institutional frameworks to promote productive outcomes

• Jonathan Pincus (Productivity Commission), 'Productive Reform in a Federal System.'
• Cliff Walsh (University of Adelaide), 'Competitive Federalism - Wasteful or Welfare Enhancing?'

Session 2: Health reform

• Vince Fitzgerald (The Allen Consulting Group), 'Health Reform in the Federal Context.'
• Andrew Podger (PM's Taskforce on Health), 'Directions for Health Reform in Australia.'

Session 3: Labour market reform

• Andrew Stewart (Flinders University), 'Labour Market Reform in a Federal System: Making the Best of a Flawed Framework.'
• Peter Anderson (Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry), 'Functioning Federalism and the Case for a National Workplace Relations System.'

Session 4: Freight transport reform

• Rod Sims (Port Jackson Partners), 'Furthering Significant Freight Transport Reform in a Federal System.'
• Mr Tony Wilson (National Transport Commission), 'Regulatory Reform in Land Transport.'

Session 5: The way forward

• The four panellists were Geoffrey Brennan (Australian National University), Paul Kelly (The Australian), John Langoulant (Chamber of Commerce and Industry, WA) and John Roskam (Institute of Public Affairs).

Dinner Speech

• Ken Henry (Australian Treasury), 'Time to 'Get Real' on National Productivity Reform'.