The Benefits of More Efficient Federal–State Relations

Under Labor’s plan for retention rate, Mr Rudd quoted research conducted by Access Economics for the Business Council of Australia, which predicts that if Australia increased its year 12 completion rates to 90 per cent it could provide $9 billion to the economy by 2040.  

‘ALP Promises Training’ by Sophie Morris, The Australian Financial Review, 11 May 2007, p. 18.