One simple question for the next elected representative [or candidate] you meet. There are four times as many unemployed seeking work than registered vacancies available. Wages, as a share of…
Skilling for Tomorrow
Anna Payton from the NCVER has produced a forward looking piece on the public-policy challenges of the future of work, skills and training. This paper provides a summary of research and…
A New Renaissance? For whom?
Welcome to the slowest day of the rest of your life… A capital-intensive new renaissance ? Be careful what you wish for… Outstanding conversation led by Paul Colgan @Colgo with…
Acceleration
The CSIRO on exponential change and the challenge of innovation at scale. Automation Augmented Reality Bio-printing Artificial Intelligence Nanotechnology Quantum Computing
In the land of the one-armed Robot…
Perth-based Fastbrick Robotics Ltd [ ASX: FBR] today announced their highly innovative Hadrian X robot bricklayer is on target for a world-first commercial release to market this year. The Perth company…
The Mighty Few
There’s skill and there’s skill… The complex interplay between local labour markets, skills, capital growth and immigration policies within developed countries is writ-large in national-level events within both the USA…
Boom! Victorian Growth
A common theme, but PLACE really does matter! The ABS Regional Populations data released last week shows a varied story of population growth and decline. The Big Picture All states…
8 versus 3.6 Billion
New estimates show that just eight men own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world. That equates to 8 men versus 3600,000,000 people. It is four years…
Urban Planning… not
Topical consideration from the @LRB given the recent announcement of Badgerys Creek as the confirmed site for a Western Sydney Airport. Links: London Review of Books The Horrors of Heathrow – A…