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Completed Projects - Industry & Market Analysis

Recent Projects

Horticulture and Seafood Scorecard Information (2008-2009). More details...

Economic Impact of Productivity Improvement in South Australia's Primary Industries (2009). More details...

Economic Indicators for the Commercial Fisheries of South Australia (1998-2009). More details...

Benchmarking Production Costs for Growers in the Chicken Meat Industry in South Australia (2008). More details...

Natural Resource Management Levy Assessments (2007-2008). More details...

Development and Implementation of FFA’s Economic Indicators Project (2007). More details...

Economic Data Set: South Australian Primary Industries Input and Output Measures (2007). More details...

Kangaroo Island Reduction in Transport Costs Study (2007). More details...

Review of the FloraSearch project’s economic modelling and integration with GIS (2007). More details...

Report on the Allocation of Shark ITQs in the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery (2005). More details...

An Assessment of the Social Impact of NRM Levy Scenarios (2005). More details...

Quantifying the Economic Contribution of Regional South Australia (2005). More details...

Southern Bluefin Tuna Economic Outlook (2004). More details...

Small Business Impacts of Proposed Prescription of Ground and Surface Water in the Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges (2004). More details...

Financial Implications of Access Security (2003). More details...

The market for Franklin Barley: market characteristics, competition and the value of plant breeders rights (2003-2004). More details...

A Review of Winegrape Price Reporting in the Australian Regional Winegrape Crush Survey (2002). More details...

South Australian Aquaculture Market Analysis (2002). More details...

Advice on options for individual quota allocations (2002). More details...

Economic assessment of proposed changes in management arrangements relating to AJKA Pty Ltd v AFMA (2000). More details...

Economic Comparisons of an Input Control Fishery and Quota Control Fishery within the Same Stock (2000). More details...

Assessment of Commercial Fishing Licences in the Lake George Fishery (2000). More details...

Latest News

Adelaide Hills Investment Conference

25 February 2010: Julian Morison presented a paper to the highly successful Adelaide Hills Investment Conference held in Mount Barker and hosted by Regional Development Australia. His presentation on Regional Economics for the Investment Business Case can be downloaded here.

Release of the Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce Report

8 February 2010: The Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce (NALWT) has released their final report on the sustainable development of northern Australia. EconSearch contributed to three chapters (9, 10 and 11) of the Northern Australia Land and Water Science Review 2009, a report commissioned by the Taskforce and coordinated by CSIRO in collaboration with over 80 of Australia’s leading scientists. To access the Science Review and NALWT website click here.

Release of Preliminary Economic Indicator Reports

21 December 2009: Preliminary Economic Indicator reports for the commercial fisheries of South Australia have been released for 2008/09. Click here to download the reports.

State of SA Book Launch 

4 November 2009: Julian Morison and Lisa Rippin attended a launch for the book titled State of South Australia: From Crisis to Prosperity? held at the Art Gallery of SA and launched by the Premier, The Hon Mike Rann MP. Julian and Lisa together with Matthew Ferris authored one of the book’s chapters, 'South Australian Regions'.

Projects by Industry

The list of completed projects below is sorted by Industry Sector. You can click on the name of the sector to go direct to that group of projects.

For more detailed information about a project, click on the link within the text.