Australia has joined the productivity slowdown
Investment in knowledge-based capital (KBC) is comparatively low
Spending on imported intellectual property has become increasingly important
Structural factors and learning from the global frontier
Australia's lead in lighter product market regulation has narrowed
Australia's services trade is least open in transport-related sectors
Indicators suggest Australia's export and import compliance costs may be heavy
Skill mismatch is comparatively high in Australia
Policy reforms can help reduce skill mismatches
Ride-sharing has prompted falls in taxi-licences values
Australia's Airbnb market is well developed
Australia's mobile telephony prices compare more favourably than its broadband prices
Broadband speed and penetration are in the bottom half of the OECD distribution
Public procurement spending accounts for a significant share of public spending
Australia has already made good progress in making government data widely available