A key element of the Victoria Summit has been the development by VECCI of a series of policy papers on key issues facing Victoria and Australia. These policy papers and recommendations are now available via the following links.

Full Policy Overview

Labour Supply

Taskforce Chair

Mr Michael Grogan

Chief Executive Officer

Sutton Tools Pty Ltd

Victoria and Australia are in a global competition for talent. The Labour Supply recommendations focus on attracting new entrants into the workplace and retaining existing skilled employees for longer. They call for a greater focus on and investment in skills formation so that we embark on a major up-skilling and re-skilling of the workforce.

Full Labour Supply Report

Infrastructure

Taskforce Chair

Mr Robert Dunlop

Executive Director

Macquarie Bank

Skilled people are vital to our future. So too is modern infrastructure. What has been missing, however, is broad agreement on what should be the priorities for new infrastructure work over coming years. We have identified priorities that stand to increase economic activity and output, improve business competitiveness and enhance social and environmental outcomes in Victoria.

Full Infrastructure Report

Energy

Taskforce Chair

Sir Roderick Carnegie AC

Company Director

Energy is the fuel for growth, an essential requirement for economic prosperity. The recommendations for energy acknowledge some important realities, including that:

·        There are no 'quick fixes' and the adjustment process has a long time horizon.  Global warming/greenhouse emissions are a global problem and require a global solution. No single jurisdiction acting alone will succeed in significantly affecting the level of global emissions

·         A global solution will have to improve on the Kyoto Protocol

·        Technological improvements will deliver significant reductions in emissions.

Full Energy Report

Export

Taskforce Chair

Mr Neil Lowe
Chairman

Melbourne Market Authority

Energy fuels business and infrastructure is vital to get goods and services developed and into the market.  Another challenge we face is to expand existing markets and open up new ones. Two important issues that must be addressed are the lack of an export culture and the absence of a 'Team Australia' approach at all levels of Government.

Full Export Report

Commonwealth/State Relations

Taskforce Chair

Hon. Mark Birrell

Special Counsel

Minter Ellison

The keys to ushering in a major new period of increases in productivity are in the hands of the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments. Our recommendations, if implemented, have the capacity to modernise Australia's system of intergovernmental relations and boost Australia's economic growth.

Full Commonwealth/State Relations Report