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Andrew Leigh

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Name: Andrew Leigh

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Australia advises on avoiding 'resource curse'

SYDNEY, May 21 (UPI) --Speaking in Sydney at the Mining for Development Conference, Andrew Leigh, a noted economist and parliamentary secretary to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said, ''If developing countries can benefit from their minerals, ... [Published UPI - May 21 2013]

Entities: Australia, Mining, Andrew Leigh, Mineral

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Australia must help break the 'resource curse'

Developing countries need not fall victim to the 'resource curse', writes . Australia has a role to play in ensuring these countries use their natural resources to foster democracy and boost living standards.Like Australia, many developing countries are ... [Published ABC Online - May 21 2013]

Entities: Mining, Paul Collier, Australia

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 3 reports

Australian Securities Exchange

Bonded by a mutual goal

Members of the financial and political community gathered at the Australian Securities Exchange on Monday to celebrate something that should not have taken so long.Finally, retail investors have the chance to buy exchange-traded Australian government ... [Published WA Today - May 20 2013]

Entities: Australian Securities Exchange, Rosemary Kennedy, Australian Government, Andrew Leigh, Australian Securities & Investments Commission

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Group of Eight

Governments called on to reveal resources revenue

Transparency campaigners say governments need to step up and be more open about the income they receive from their resources industries.Mining ministers from Africa and across the Asia Pacific, aid groups, academics and government officials are meeting ... [Published ABC Online - May 20 2013]

Entities: Mining, Daniel Kaufmann, Australia, Group of Eight

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Mining's responsibility of care

The "Mining for Development" congress was held in Sydney on 20 May 2013. Parliamentary secretary to the prime minister Andrew Leigh noted that while in 2000 fewer than 33% of all mining operations were in the developing world, this has risen to 50%. He ... [Published Individual.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Mining, Paul Collier, Andrew Leigh

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Australia seeks global role in tackling the resource curse

Australia is putting itself at the forefront of the global campaign to reduce the negative impact of extractive industries in developing countries.Australia has over 300 mining companies operating in Africa and more working in Asia, the Pacific and Latin ... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 20 2013]

Entities: Australia, Australian Government, Mark Lowcock

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Tony Abbott

Greens to fight for carbon tax

THE Greens vowed today to fight for the carbon tax if the Coalition is elected and urged Labor to defy a double-dissolution election threat.Greens MP Adam Bandt said Opposition Leader Tony Abbott would find it difficult to follow through on the threat ... [Published Weekly Times Now - May 19 2013]

Entities: Carbon Tax, Tony Abbott, Labor, Adam Bandt

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 3 reports

Fears births will be brought forward

His concern this time is that births will be brought forward. ''Frankly, I think this is worse,'' he said. ''The delay increased birth weights, and I recall one study that showed that could be beneficial. But in this case, we are likely to suffer from ... [Published The Sydney News - May 19 2013]

Entities: Andrew Leigh, Australian National University

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Double dissolution on Coalition’s cards

The Coalition has reaffirmed it could call a double-dissolution election if it wins government but is blocked from repealing the carbon tax.Opposition MPs on Saturday repeated their view that September's election would be a referendum on the carbon tax, ... [Published WA Today - May 18 2013]

Entities: Coalition, Carbon Tax, Labor, Dissolution, Elections

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Real-life friendship makes more dollars, sense and wellbeing

EverydayonomicsHere's a question for Facebook enthusiasts to ponder: are online friends as valuable as real-life ones?The way our social networks contribute to our wealth and wellbeing has come under increasing scrutiny by economists over the years. Their ... [Published WA Today - May 18 2013]

Entities: Well-being, John Helliwell, Andrew Leigh, Friendship

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Coalition hits back at Labor super blitz

Labor has launched a nationwide attack on the coalition's superannuation plans. (AAP)The Coalition has hit back at Labor's nationwide attack on the opposition's announced superannuation plans.RELATEDThe Coalition has hit back at Labor's nationwide attack ... [Published Special Broadcasting Service - May 18 2013]

Entities: Tony Abbott, Coalition, Labor

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Institute to tackle taxing questions

A new institute is to be established at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra to tackle the big questions of the tax system, after funding was allocated in the 2013-14 Budget.The Federal Government will provide a $3 million endowment to ... [Published PSNews - May 16 2013]

Entities: Ian Young, Andrew Leigh, Australia, Australian National University

Quotes

"if developing countries can benefit from their minerals, the pay-off could dwarf anything that aid might hope to deliver" Dr Leigh said

Despots block mining windfall [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 20 2013]

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Australia advises on avoiding 'resource curse' [Published UPI - May 21 2013]
Australia must help break the 'resource curse' [Published ABC Online - May 21 2013]
Mining's responsibility of care [Published Individual.com - May 20 2013]
Despots block mining windfall [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 20 2013]
Governments called on to reveal resources revenue [Published ABC Online - May 20 2013]
Bonded by a mutual goal [Published WA Today - May 20 2013]
Australia seeks global role in tackling the res... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 20 2013]
Australia hosts mining transparency conference [Published ABC Online - May 20 2013]
Govt debt trading system launched on ASX [Published Business Spectator - May 20 2013]
Govt debt to be traded on the ASX [Published NineMSN Finance - May 20 2013]
Fears births will be brought forward [Published The Sydney News - May 19 2013]
Fears loss of bonus will push early births [Published Canberra Times - May 19 2013]
Fears births will be brought forward [Published Canberra Times - May 19 2013]
Greens to fight for carbon tax [Published Weekly Times Now - May 19 2013]
Double dissolution on Coalition’s cards [Published WA Today - May 18 2013]
Real-life friendship makes more dollars, sense ... [Published WA Today - May 18 2013]
MPs on taxpayer-funded travel splurge [Published Brisbane Courier-Mail - May 18 2013]
Carbon tax may force new poll: coalition [Published Special Broadcasting Service - May 18 2013]
Coalition hits back at Labor super blitz [Published Special Broadcasting Service - May 18 2013]
Labor launches super blitz on coalition [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 18 2013]
Institute to tackle taxing questions [Published PSNews - May 16 2013]
Demand to fix amenities before any change [Published Canberra Times - May 15 2013]
Wednesday links: Robots, op-eds, ending a count... [Published The Interpreter - May 15 2013]
Andrew Leigh and Adrian Pagan on our Book [Published Core Economics - May 13 2013]
Australians miss out on sovereign wealth fund b... [Published Reportage Online - May 10 2013]
Chelmsford man caught with indecent images urge... [Published This is Total Essex - May 10 2013]
Jitterbit Data Loader for Salesforce Eclipses 2... [Published PRWeb - May 09 2013]
Me time: Taking time for yourself [Published BootsWebMD - May 09 2013]
Give it a rest, Swan - the fair go is going strong [Published ABC Online - May 09 2013]
Sharing compo costs [Published Canberra Times - May 07 2013]

Blogs

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Andrew Leigh and Adrian Pagan on our Book [Published Core Economics - May 13 2013] The book launch tour of Australia ended last week with a visit to the Melbourne Institute, where Deborah Cobb-Clark kindly hosted the last in our marathon-series of 5 launches. They all were a great success, with the publisher actually running out ...
Book launches in Sydney and Canberra on May 1 a... [Published Core Economics - Apr 30 2013] Tomorrow, there is a book launch of ‘ An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks ‘ at UNSW, hosted by Professor Chris Styles, Director of the Australian Graduate School of Business. It starts at 6pm and is in the JBR Theatre (AGSM building) ...
Australia to Compensate Organ Donors [Published Marginal Revolution - Apr 07 2013] Australia once again proves that it is a world leader in innovative public policy with an experimental plan to compensate (living) organ donors. Workers who want to donate a kidney will be offered up to six weeks’ paid leave under a federal government ...
The choices we made but never decided upon, par... [Published Core Economics - Apr 02 2013] Let us pretend you are the benevolent elected dictator in Australia. It is 1980 and you have to decide on education and migration policy. Your wily political adviser comes to you with the following plan: he tells you it would be popular and cheap to ...
First LP blogger in Parliament? [Published Larvatus Prodeo - Mar 19 2013] Anna’s extremely interesting dissection of the intersections of politics and social media is very timely, as I’ve been meaning to write about the fact that a long time commenter and one time Guest Poster on Larvatus Prodeo, Tim Watts, is running ...