Tourism’s important role in ‘Closing the Gap’

Sarah Gardiner, Griffith University, on beach with Gold Coast high rise skyline in background.
Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management
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Australia’s first dedicated Indigenous theme park attraction highlights the strong role tourism can play in helping to ‘Close the Gap’, researchers at the Griffith Institute for Tourism believe. Tourism lecturer, Dr Sarah Gardiner, says the Dreamworld Corroboree project, which opened on the Gold Coast on Friday, is a showcase that can be followed by tourism […]

Hockey G20 growth plan not the right fit

Griffith University Professor of Economics, Fabrizio Carmignani.
Centre for Governance and Public Policy
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The Federal Treasurer’s plan to establish targets for economic growth at this weekend’s meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations is not without its merits. However a one-size-fits-all approach ignores key complex factors. This is the view of Griffith University professor of economics, Fabrizio Carmignani, who argues that quality […]