Country Analysis Report: Australia, In-depth PESTLE Insights
MarketLine, August 2012, Pages: 90
Introduction
The Australian economy grew at a CAGR of more than 3% a year during 1991–2008, but then slumped to 1.4% growth in 2009. The buoyant growth was driven by sound macroeconomic policies and fiscal prudence. Growth in 2012 was 3.5%.
Features and benefits
- Understand how the report can be used to plan business investments or market entry by providing a holistic view of the country.
- Gain an understanding of the political situation in Australia, including key figures in the country and governance indicators.
- Understand customer demographics in Australia through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
Highlights
The PESTLE analysis of Australia identifies issues that affect the country's performance using the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) framework.
The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in Australia, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.
The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of Australia's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment.
Your key questions answered
- How does Australia perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like telecommunications and IT, patents, and R&D expenditure trends?
- What is the legal structure in Australia and are the laws conducive to investment?
- How does Australia perform in terms of environmental indicators and its environmental policies?
- How does Australia perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?
OVERVIEW
- Catalyst
- Summary
- Key findings
- PESTLE highlights
- Key fundamentals
KEY FACTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
- Key facts
- Geographical location
PESTLE ANALYSIS
- Summary
- Political analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Economic analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Social analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Technology analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Legal analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Environmental analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
- Summary
- Evolution
- Pre-1950s
- 1951–90
- 1991–2000
- 2001–04
- 2005 onwards
- Structure and policies
- Key political figures
- Structure of government
- Structure of legislature
- Composition of parliament
- Key political parties/figures
- Key policies
- Performance
- Governance indicators
- Outlook
ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE
- Summary
- Evolution
- Pre-1940
- 1941–75
- 1976–2010
- Structure and policies
- Overview
- Financial authorities/regulators
- Performance
- GDP and growth rate
- GDP composition by sectorIn Australia, the service sector is the biggest contributor to overall GDP, contributing 71%. This sector is followed by the manufacturing industry, which constitutes 25% of GDP, and the agricultural sector, with a negligible 4% contribution in 2011.
- Fiscal situation
- Current account
- Exports and imports
- External debt
- International investment position
- Foreign exchange position
- Credit rating
- Monetary
- Key monetary indicators
- Employment
- Outlook
SOCIAL LANDSCAPE
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Demographic composition
- Urban/rural composition and migration
- Religious composition
- Education
- Healthcare
- Social welfare
- Performance
- Healthcare
- Income distribution
- Education
- Outlook
TECHNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Intellectual property
- R&D
- Technology agreements and pacts
- Performance
- Telecommunications, broadband, and Internet
- Research and development
- Outlook
LEGAL LANDSCAPE
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Structure of the judicial system
- Business legislation
- Industrial acts, legislation, and regulations
- Establishing business operations in Australia
- Tax regulations
- Labor law
- Social security charges
- Corporate governance
- New consumer law
- Performance
- Effectiveness of the legal system
- Legal indicators
- Outlook
ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Environmental regulations
- Environmental actions
- Participation in global efforts/agreements/pacts
- Performance
- Environmental impacts
- Outlook
APPENDIX
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