01660cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004181 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451801927 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Australia : Background Material. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995. 1 online resource (78 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper describes the developments in the Australian labor market during the 1990s. In 1994, a number of new labor market programs were launched, directed especially at the long-term unemployed, and a further step was taken in the evolutionary reform of the industrial relations system. The paper reviews developments in employment, wages, and productivity in Australia that formed the background to these policy initiatives. It also examines the conduct of fiscal policy at the Commonwealth and consolidated government levels and describes the fiscal consolidation strategy announced by the Commonwealth government for 1994/95-1997/98. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1995/029 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1995/029/002.1995.issue-029-en.xml IMF e-Library