Country Analysis Report - Australia - In-depth PESTLE Insights

Country Analysis Report - Australia - In-depth PESTLE Insights

Report Description:
Datamonitor's Australia Country Analysis Report analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure of Australia. The report provides a holistic view of the country from historical, current and future perspectives. Insightful analysis on critical current and future issues is presented through detailed SCPT (strengths, challenges, prospects and threats/risks) analysis for each of the PESTLE segments. In addition, the PESTLE segments are supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.

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Uses of Country Analysis Reports:
Understanding gained from country profiles can be used to plan business investment or market entry in a particular country. The insights provide ideas about key business opportunities. The profiles also provide an overview of the legal and regulatory framework to start or operate a business in the country. Typical uses of each PESTLE segment are:

Political section provides understanding about the political system and key figures relevant to business in the country and governance indicators.
Economic section deals with the economic story of a country that provides a balanced assessment of significant macro-economic issues.
Social section enables understanding of customer demographics through income distribution, rural-urban segmentation and centres of affluence, healthcare and educational scenario.
Technological section provides strategic information on technology and telecom, technological laws and policies, technological gaps, patents and opportunity sectors in the country.
Legal section provides information about the legal structure, corporate laws, laws to start a new business and the tax regime.
Environmental section provides information on the country’s performance on environmental indicators and policies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Key facts and geographic location 10
Key facts 10
Geographical location 11
PESTLE analysis 12
Summary 12
Political analysis 13
Economic analysis 16
Social analysis 20
Technology analysis 24
Legal analysis 28
Environmental analysis 31
Political landscape 34
Summary 34
Evolution 34
Structure and policies 37
Performance 41
Outlook 42
Economic landscape 44
Summary 44
Evolution 44
Structure and policies 46
Performance 50
Outlook 63
Social landscape 65
Summary 65
Evolution 65
Structure and policies 65
Performance 69
Outlook 72
Technological landscape 73
Summary 73
Evolution 73
Structure and policies 73
Performance 74
Outlook 78
Legal landscape 79
Summary 79
Evolution 79
Structure and policies 79
Performance 84
Outlook 85
Environmental landscape 86
Summary 86
Evolution 86
Structure and policies 86
Performance 89
Outlook 89

APPENDIX 91

Ask the analyst 91
Datamonitor consulting 91
Disclaimer 91

TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Map of Australia 11
Figure 2: Australia – political events timeline 35
Figure 3: Australia – key political figures 37
Figure 4: Evolution of GDP growth in Australia, 1970–2008 46
Figure 5: Market capitalization of Australian securities exchange, 2001–08 49
Figure 6: GDP and growth rate in Australia, 2002–12 (constant prices) 51
Figure 7: Sector composition of GDP in Australia, 2008 52
Figure 8: Australia’s agricultural output, 2001–08 53
Figure 9: Australia’s industrial output, 2001–08 54
Figure 10: Australia’s services output, 2001–08 55
Figure 11: Australia’s external trade (merchandise), 2004–08 58
Figure 12: Australia – total foreign direct investment inflows, 2001–08 59
Figure 13: Australian dollar to US dollar exchange rate (A$ per $), 2004–08 61
Figure 14: Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation in Australia, 2002–08 62
Figure 15: Major religions in Australia 67
Figure 16: Expenditure on healthcare in Australia, 2002–08 70
Figure 17: Expenditure on education in Australia, 2002–08 71
Figure 17: Telecommunications market growth in Australia, 2002–12 75
Figure 18: Number of internet users in Australia, 2002–12 76
Figure 19: R&D expenditure in Australia, 2000–12 78
Figure 20: Australia – judicial structure 80

TABLES

Table 1: Australia – key fundamentals 5
Table 2: Australia - key facts 10
Table 3: Analysis of Australia’s political landscape 13
Table 4: Analysis of Australia’s economy 16
Table 5: Analysis of Australia’s social system 20
Table 6: Analysis of Australia’s technology landscape 24
Table 7: Average annual salaries for researchers across countries 26
Table 8: Patents received by USPTO, 2001–07 27
Table 9: Analysis of Australia’s legal landscape 28
Table 10: Analysis of Australia’s environmental landscape 31
Table 11: Mid-year population by age (millions) in 2006 66
Table 12: International environmental treaties signed and ratified by Australia 88

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