"This volume contains edited versions of speeches delivered over the past dozen years in a variety of settings. They were selected for inclusion according to the significance and contemporary relevance of the issues they address, as reflected in continuing requests for them on the Commission's...

Abstract from the foreword: Public speech-making is part and parcel of the role of the Chairman of the Productivity Commission, as it was for the Commission’s predecessors. Such speeches provide an additional medium through which the findings and policy messages in the Commission’s diverse...