Australia in 2005

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Case Code : ECOA127
Case Length : 14 Pages
Period : -
Organization : -
Pub Date : 2005
Teaching Note :Not Available
Countries : Australia
Industry : -

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Society

For such a large country, Australia's population was only 19 million. The country had used immigration to meet its labour requirements. Indeed, Australia, was probably more receptive to immigration than any other country. In the year to June 2005, Australia expected to admit around 120,000 immigrants, as well as almost 14,000 refugees.

As a share of population (just over 20m), that was much higher compared to USA (which took in around a million a year but had a population 15 times greater). The intake of immigrants had been slowly increasing during the Howard years. In 2005-06, the total was set to rise by 20,000 because of Australia's labour shortage...

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Australia's settlers had overcome the challenge of living on the driest inhabited continent. Subsequent generations had turned around a failing economy and made it one of the world's most dynamic and resilient. The Australians had coped successfully with radical demographic and ethnic changes. They could relate both to the West and to Asia. They had created a tolerant yet orderly society, and had combined team spirit with rugged individualism...

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Exhibit 1: Australia
Exhibit 2: Australia - Fact Sheet
Exhibit 3: Australia - Economic Indicators
Exhibit 4: Australian GDP, % Change on a Year Earlier
Exhibit 5: Tax Revenues as % of GDP, 2003
Exhibit 6: Australian Labor Productivity per Hour Worked As % of US Productivity at Purchasing-Power Parity
Exhibit 7: Australian Household Debt
Exhibit 8: Australia - Foreign Trade
Exhibit 9: Demand for Australian Exports
Exhibit 10: Australia's Top Trade Partners, $bn
Exhibit 11: Sydney Harbor

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