Economic recovery

Vital Signs: the best thing for jobs now is to accelerate the vaccine roll-out

26 Mar 2021

Without greater urgency on vaccinations, Australia's full economic recovery is still at least nine months away.

Prime Minister Ben Chifley introducing Australia’s own car, the Holden, at a manufacturing plant in Victoria in 1948.

Rebuilding Australia: what we can learn from the successes of post-war reconstruction

16 Jun 2020

There is a case to be made for a new Commonwealth agency to lead the recovery effort, built on the model of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction after the second world war.

Manly vale carpark with greenery using Junglefy’s innovative rotating Breathing Walls.

Greener cities could be a key component of our COVID-19 recovery

05 Jun 2020

A roadmap to fast-track flourishing green roofs, walls and facades released today could provide a job stimulus and support economic recovery.

UNSW academics explain what tax incentives are needed to help stimulate growth and cushion businesses as Australia recovers from the pandemic. Photo: Shutterstock

What belt-tightening and tax-raising strategies will be needed to help Australia foot the COVID-19 bill?

20 May 2020

Tax experts from UNSW Business School discuss possible tax reforms and quick fixes that Australia could implement to pay off an estimated $1 trillion national debt post-coronavirus.