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Media Coverage - 2000

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  November 2000
23/11/2000 The Australian p. 4 Sid Marris Leading Index Westpac/Melbourne Institute Housing slump threatens growth
21/11/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 43 Peter Dawkins Welfare Reform Peter Dawkins Reform aims for greatest benefit
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  October 2000
12/10/2000 Australian Financial Review MW4   Aussie Dollar victim of US strength Don Harding - Melbourne Institute $US cited as most important factor in $A weakness
12/10/2000 Australian Financial Review MW5 Stephen Koukoulas & Bill McConnell Foreign Debt Don harding - Melbourne Institute Foreign Debt re-emerges as the major threat to nat
10/10/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 3 Paul Cleary Effect of currency on economy Melbourne Institiute - Don Harding Currency measure inaccurate
10/10/2000 SBS TV, Economic Outlook     Quarterley bulletin of Economic trends   Quarterley bulletin of economic trends
07/10/2000 Australian Financial Review p.42 Alan Mitchell Skilled/unskilled workers Mark Wooden, Melbourne Institute Skill-seekers find joy in hourly devotion
04/10/2000 Australian Financial Review p.4 Jane Boyle Retail Spending Melbourne Institute Retail Spending bounces back after GST pause
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  September 2000
15/09/2000 The Sydney Morning Herald p.19   The Australian Dollar Melbourne Institute Dollar under US55c and looking frail
15/09/2000 Australian Financial Review p.4   The Australian Dollar The Melbourne Institute index of inflation expecta Sentiment turns against the Australian dollar
14/09/2000 Australian Financial Review p.4 Alan Mitchell The Financial Markets Westpac-Melbourne Institute The Markets may need to think again
14/09/2000 Australian Financial Review p.5 Katharine Murphy Petrol Prices Westpac/Melbourne Institute Petrol Prices Fuel political problems
11/09/2000 The Australian p.24 Sid Marris Single People and Poverty Australian Economic Review Singles without children are the poorest
11/09/2000 Australian Financial Review p.20 Alison Kahler Funds: Ample room to grow Melbourne Institute Funds: ample room to grow
04/09/2000 The Age p. 1 Jason Koutsoukis Monitoring the GST Melbourne Institute GST uncertainty provokes business deterioration
04/09/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 3 Paul Cleary & Allesandra Fabro Monitoring the GST Melbourne Institute More people sink tax cuts into savings
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  August 2000
29/08/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 40 notebook Australian Social Monitor Jonathan Kelly and M.D.R. Evans We really don’t mind unions
28/08/2000 The Age p. 15 Peter Dawkins Reference Group on Welfare Reform Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social R McClure's critics dice with danger
18/08/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 3 Paul Cleary Inflation Expectatons Melbourne Institute RBA puts more rate rises on the horizon
18/08/2000 The Age p. 1 Josh Gordon & Tim Colebatch Inflationary Expectations Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social R Reserve signals two rate increases
18/08/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 29 Matt Wade Inflationary Expectations Melbourne Institute RBA's hawkish outlook bolsters the dollar
17/08/2000 Australian Financial Review p. MW4 Stephen Koukoulas Consumer Sentiment Westpac Melbourne Institute Rebound hardens resilience
17/08/2000 The Age p. 8 Josh Gordon Consumer Sentiment Melbourne Institute Consumers surprise with positive mind-set
17/08/2000 The Age p. 6   Welfare Policy Professor Peter Dawkins, Melbourne Institute About these reforms
17/08/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 3 Paul Cleary Consumer Sentiment Melbourne Institute Consumer confidence rises again
17/08/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 21 Matt Wade Consumer Sentiment Melbourne Institute Laughing all the way to a rate rise
17/08/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 7 Matt Wade Consumer Sentiment Melbourne Institute Consumers happy, but small business has GST hangov
16/08/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 28 Matt Wade Consumer Sentiment Melbourne Institute Dollar pulls back some of the ground
15/08/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 41   Inaugural Lecture Mark Wooden, Melbourne Institute To press on with IR reform may be safer
14/08/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 19 Rochelle Burbury Retail Probe Melbourne Institute Unfazed shoppers buy-pass the GST
14/08/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 39 Matt Wade and Kevin Morrison Consumer Sentiment Melbourne Institute Spurs aplenty for sharemarket
14/08/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 21 Stephen Koukoulas Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute RBA report sets the tone for the week
14/08/2000 6PR Perth, GST Price Watch 6:15pm Harvey Deegan Monitoring the GST Matt Hammill, Results of latest release (July survey - Aug relea
13/08/2000 The Sunday Age p. 10 Karen Kissane Australian Social Monitor Dr Mariah Evans, Dr Jonathan Kelley Churchgoers in volunteer frontlines: report
12/08/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 42 Alan Mitchell Monitoring the GST Melbourne Institute Slowdown, what slowdown? Jobs and growth keep comi
09/08/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 4 Paul Cleary Monitoring the GST Melbourne Institute Business confidence up post-GST
08/08/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 6 Annette Sampson Household Savings Report Melbourne Institute Opportunity knocks but few answer
08/08/2000 The Age p. 6 Karen Kissane Australian Social Monitor Dr Jonathan Kelley, Melbourne Institute Some highly educated working mothers do have 'em
08/08/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 3 Toni O'Loughlin Job Network Dr Beth Webster, Melbourne Institute Jobs Network 'is failing jobless'
07/08/2000 UniNews p. 1   FaCS contract Melbourne Institute, Peter Dawkins Hard head, soft heart, wins FaCS contract
01/08/2000 SBS News Television   Reserve Bank Meeting Peter Summers Reserve Bank
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  July 2000
31/07/2000 UniNews p. 1   Higher Education Melbourne Institute Higher education a good investment
26/07/2000 ABC PM     Higher Education David Johnson (Interviewed) Higher Education
26/07/2000 The Australian p. 37 Jane Richardson Higher Education Peter Dawkins Degrees earn top returns all round
21/07/2000 The Age internet site   Monitoring the GST Melbourne Institute GST start-up was remarkably smooth: study
13/07/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 3 Paul Cleary Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey gives GST the thumbs-up
13/07/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 32   Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Della Bosca's on right track
13/07/2000 Australian Financial Review p. MW3 Stephen Koukoulas Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Positive rebound in consumer sentiment
13/07/2000 Australian Financial Review p. MW3 Bill McConnell Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Outlook for dollar remains positive despite fall
13/07/2000 The Age   Phillip Hudson Consumer Sentiment Westpac Bank and Melbourne Institute Consumer confidence soars after GST
13/07/2000 The Australian p. 23 Samantha Magnusson Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute GST can't cool the hot to shop
10/07/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 21 Stephen Koukoulas Index of Consumer Sentiment Westpac/Melbourne Institute Update on labour market in new figures
01/07/2000 The Economic Record   R. Rothschild How Big Business Performs Peter Dawkins, Michael Harris & Stephen King  
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  June 2000
22/06/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 3 Paul Cleary Index of Economic Activity Westpac-Melbourne Institute Growth rate will hold this year
22/06/2000 Australian Financial Review p. MW3 Robert Guy Index of Economic Activity Westpac-Melbourne Institute $A slips to US59.9c as momentum slows
15/06/2000 The Australian p. 21 Andreea Papuc Quarterly Bulletin Don Harding - Melbourne Institute Traders shake a ham fist at tipsters
15/06/2000     Sid Marris Consumer Sentiment Don Harding - Melbourne Institute/Westpac-Melbourn No room for gloom - Costello
15/06/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 1 & 4 Brendan Pearson Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Growth spurt for economy
14/06/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 76   Consumer Sentiment Melbourne Institute Reform will be worth turmoil
14/06/2000 The Age   Tim Colebatch Monitoring the GST Don Harding - Melbourne Institute Downturn? What downturn?
08/06/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 77 Allan Fels Consumer Sentiment Melbourne University Consumer watchdog's defence puts bite on critics
07/06/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 61 Alan Mitchell Monitoring the GST Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social R Signs of optimism as $A edges higher
06/06/2000 The Australian   Allan Fels Monitoring the GST Don Harding and Matt Hammill - Melbourne Insitute Howard's price commissars could cost him dearly
03/06/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 20 editorial Monitoring the GST Melbourne Institute - Dr Don Harding Slack data leaves RBA little scope to tighten
03/06/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 39 Alan Mitchell Monitoring the GST Don Harding and Matt Hammill - Melbourne Insitute There's still a bit of push behindthis stalling ec
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  May 2000
25/05/2000 The Age p. 8 Phillip Hudson Monitoring the GST Don Harding & Matt Hammill - Melbourne Institute People are confused and fear the worst, research r
25/05/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 66 Bill McConnell Leading Index Westpac-Melbourne Institute Bonds rally as as bank turns rates dove
25/05/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 9 Paul Cleary Monitoring the GST/Leading Index Don Harding - Melbourne Institute/Westpac-Melbourn Consumer surge fails to appear
25/05/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 1&9 Steve Lewis and Katharine Murphy Monitoring the GST Melbourne Institute GST: business backlash grows
19/05/2000 The Age p. 2 Tim Colebatch and Tony Wright Household Survey Westpac-Melbourne Institute PM defiant over dollar
19/05/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 3 Paul Cleary Inflationary Expectations Westpac-Melbourne Institute MPs attack RBA on rate decisions
19/05/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 27 Matt Wade Inflationary Expectations Westpac-Melbourne Institute Dollar battles to hold on th US57c
19/05/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 1 Steve Burrell, Toni O'Loughlin Inflationary Expectations Melbourne Institute Interest rates tug-of-war
18/05/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 1 & 6 Paul Cleary and Tony Boyd Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute US rate rise rattles globe
18/05/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 59 Bill McConnell Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Kiwi plunge drages $A down for the ride
18/05/2000 The Age p. 1 & 2 Tim Colebatch Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Hope on interest rates, but $A dives
18/05/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 1 Steve Burrell and Matt Wade Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Dollar dive threatens home loans
18/05/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 25 Matt Wade Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute lame dollar leaves RBA under the gun
09/05/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 46 Luke Collins Retail Probe Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social R Economic growth to continue
01/05/2000 UniNews p. 1   Welfare Reform Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research MIAESR's welfare reform brief
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  April 2000
26/04/2000 Australian Financial Review p.23   Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends Peter Dawkins Participation can pay in welfare reform
22/04/2000 The Weekend Australian   Ian Henderson Union Memberships Professor Mark Wooden Unionised workplaces strike better pay deals
20/04/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 7 Paul Cleary Index of Economic Activity Westpac-Melbourne Institute Input costs spike compounds weaker economic outloo
15/04/2000 The Weekend Australian p. 37 Samantha Magnusson Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute The debt mountain
14/04/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 19 Rochelle Burbury Consumer Sentiment Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social R Consumer spending confounds sentiment
13/04/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 3 Paul Clerary Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer confidence hits five-year low
13/04/2000 The Australian p. 25 Ian Henderson Household Survey Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer confidence ebbs to five-year low
13/04/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 59 Bill McConnell Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Bond rally flounders
13/04/2000 The Age p. 3 Tim Colebatch Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Shoppers worry but outlook is not bleak
13/04/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 47 Mathew Chandler Consumer Sentiment Westpac Rate rises hitting home loan affordability
13/04/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 3 Stephen Koukoulas Consumer Sentiment Westpac The indicators suggest a hard landing
13/04/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 2 Tom Allard Consumer Sentiment Westpac consumer gloom increasing: survey
12/04/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 3 Paul Cleary Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Busines confidence takes a dive
11/04/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 51 Bill McConnell Consumer Sentiment   Bond gains despite $A decline
10/04/2000 The Australian p. 33 Richard Sproull & Ian Henderson Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Recalcitrant dollar on brink of US59c
04/04/2000 smh.com.au   Tom Allard   Melbourne Institute - Don Harding Now for (hope of) good news
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  March 2000
23/03/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 4 Paul Cleary Leading Index Westpac-Melbourne Institute Costello battens down for tough Budget
20/03/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 3 Matt Wade Household Savings Survey Mercantile Mutual-Melbourne Institute More people save through shares
20/03/2000 Illawarra Mercury p. 46   Household Savings Report Mercantile Mutual-Melbourne Institute Household savings up, debt down
20/03/2000 The West Australian p. 41 Peter Klinger   Mercantile Mutual Investment Management News puts new slant on profit and price
20/03/2000 The Age, 1st Edition p. C1 Matt Wade Household Savings Survey Mercantile Mutual-Melbourne Institute Australians prove they can put it away
20/03/2000 The Newcastle Herald p. 15   Household Savings Report Mercantile Mutual-Melbourne Institute Households saving more, says survey
20/03/2000 The Daily Telegraph p. 62   Household Savings Report Mercantile Mutual-Melbourne Institute How we saved
20/03/2000 The Daily Telegraph p. 62   Household Savings Report Mercantile Mutual-Melbourne Institute Savings on rise. Strong economy has households in
20/03/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 36 Barrie Dunstan Household Savings Report Mercantile Mutual-Melbourne Institute Super is last choice for our loose cash
18/03/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 43 Alan Mitchell Consumer Inflationary Expectations Westpac-Melbourne Institute It all adds up: interest rate to rise again
17/03/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 5 Paul Cleary Consumer Inflationary Expectations Melbourne Institute Consumers expect 7.3pc inflation after GST
17/03/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 85 Bill McConnell Consumer Inflationary Expectations Melbourne Institute Inflation fears temper trading
17/03/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 28 Matt Wade & Mark Todd Consumer Inflationary Expectations Melbourne Institute GST jitters fuel inflation fears as $A steadies'
16/03/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 27 Matt Wade Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Rampant $US flays dollar
16/03/2000 The Australian Financial Review p. 4 Stephen Koukoulas Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Latest figures sound a note of caution
01/03/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 7 Matt Wade Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Soaring debt may add pressure on interest rates
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  February 2000
28/02/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 35 Ross Gittins Consumer Inflationary Expectations Melbourne Institute Wild guesses at GST price effect
26/02/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 42   Index of Economic Activity Westpac-Melbourne Institute In need of direction? Check the stats
25/02/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 65 Melanie Beeby Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute New aisle deals from Corbett
23/02/2000 The Australian p. 37+42 Jane Richardson Uni funding Economic and Social Research Universities face up to private funds' revolution
20/02/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 42   Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Watch out for higher US interest rates
19/02/2000 The Age p. 9 Andrew Clark Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Slippery truth: the old economy still has us over
18/02/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 27 Matt Wade Consumer Sentiment Melbourne Institute Inflation expectations rise but rates dip
18/02/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 27 Matt Wade Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Gloomy consumers brace for 7.4 per cent GST rises
18/02/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 6 Paul Cleary Inflationary Expectations Melbourne Institute Inflation worries highlight lack of GST pricing gu
18/02/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 82 Bill McConnell Inflationary Expectations Westpac-Melbourne Institute Yen succumbs to Moody's blues
18/02/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 38   Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Don't rate RBA too harshly
17/02/2000 Sydney Morning Herald p. 21 + 22 Matt Wade Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Yields up on RBA caution
17/02/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 4 Stephen Koukoulas Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Change of pace leave RBA few steps behind
17/02/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 51 Bill McConnell Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Sentiment: biggest fall in 5 years
17/02/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 1 Paul Cleary Consumer Sentiment Westpac Costello to squeeze Budget
17/02/2000 The Australian p. 4 Ian Henderson Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Fresh reason to doubt rise
17/02/2000 The Australian p. 4 Alan Wood Consumer Sentiment Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer confidence drop just the economic tonic
07/02/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 22 Rochelle Burbury The Retail Probe study Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social R Study reveals nation of spenders
01/02/2000 The Australian p. 6 Stephen Brook Theory of Evolution Australian Social Monitor Sex an Evolving Pleasure
01/02/2000 The Sydney Morning Herald p. 4 Laura Tingle Job Network Dr. Elizabeth Webster Long-Term Jobless 'Worse Off'
01/02/2000 JJJ Radio 09:48am Frances Leach Show Unemployment Dr. Elizabeth Webster  
01/02/2000 ABC Darwin 08:55am Fred McEw Show Unemployment Dr. Elizabeth Webster  
01/02/2000 ABC National (pre recorded) Teresa Holland Job Network Dr. Elizabeth Webster  
01/02/2000 ABC Radio Illawarra 09:30am Vanessa Morris Show Job Network Dr. Elizabeth Webster  
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  January 2000
31/01/2000 ABC Radio News 16:20pm Tony Allen Show Unemployment Dr. Elizabeth Webster  
30/01/2000 The Sunday Age p.13 Richard Salmons Big Business How Big Business Performs: Private Performance and Is 'big' good for a nation?
26/01/2000 The Australian p. 34 Ian Henderson Welfare Policy Rosanna Scutella/Working Paper 25/99 Family must be at heart of welfare policy
23/01/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 42 Alan Mitchell The Economy Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indexes of Economic Ac RBA's Macfarlane had better get cracking
22/01/2000 2UE   Owen Devondale GST David Johnson (Interviewed)  
20/01/2000 The Age p. 1 Business Stephen Dabkowski Interest Rates Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indexes of Economic Ac More impetus for rate rise
20/01/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 39 Bill McConnell Bond Markets Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indexes of Economic Ac Australian notes the global trend as yields soar
20/01/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 3 Paul Cleary and John Breush Interest Rates Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indexes of Economic Ac Inflation fears spark rate ise and markets sell-of
20/01/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 1 Stephen Koukoulas Interest Rates Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indexes of Economic Ac NZ rate rise puts pressure on RBA
15/01/2000 The Age p. 5 Janine MacDonald Welfare benefits Poverty Lines Australia Hunting a job on just $23 a day
14/01/2000 The Age p. 1 Business Richard Salmons The Economy Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sen Dollar up, jobs down as rate rise looms
13/01/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 35 Bill McConnell Bond Markets Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sen US blues, job jitters hit bonds
13/01/2000 The Sydney Morning Herald p. 19 Matt Wade Bond Markets Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sen We're bubbling along, so yeilds hit 31-month high
13/01/2000 The Australian p. 22   Australian Dollar Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sen Dollar on hop as figures test faith
13/01/2000 The Australian p. 2 Ian Henderson Consumer Confidence Melbourne Institute Survey of Inflationary Expecta Shoppers spending despite rate jitters
13/01/2000 The Age p. 3 Business Richard Salmons The Economy Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sen Business at best in five years, NAB survey finds
13/01/2000 Australian Financial Review p. 8 Sean Aylmer and Tony Boyd Interest Rates Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sen Market reflects expectations of 2pc rate rise
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