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• ACIL Allen commences trading and launches new website

  02/04/2013

  ACIL Allen Consulting commenced trading on 2 April 2013. The firm has been established following the merger of ACIL T…more »

  ACIL Allen Consulting commenced trading on 2 April 2013. The firm has been established following the merger of ACIL Tasman and the Allen Consulting Group  announced on 14 February 2013. The firm has established an interim website that can be found at http://www.acilallenconsulting.com.au/. A new web site is being developed and will be launched at this address when development is complete.

  
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• 5 Minutes With Paul Balfe - get to know our Executive Director, Brisbane

  28/02/2013

  Paul Balfe, Executive Director, Brisbane, was recently interviewed for on-line magazine Gas Today.  Click on th…more »
  Paul Balfe, Executive Director, Brisbane, was recently interviewed for on-line magazine Gas Today.  Click on the link below to read more. http://gastoday.com.au/news/5_minutes_with_paul_balfe/080185/
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• Canadian Geomatics Environmental Scan and Economic Value Study

  19/02/2013

  ACIL tasman will partner with the Canadian consulting firm Hicking Arthurs Low Corporation (HAL) to undertake an assessment o…more »
  ACIL tasman will partner with the Canadian consulting firm Hicking Arthurs Low Corporation (HAL) to undertake an assessment of the value of geospatial information in Canada.  The assessment will form part of a comprehensive environmental scan of geospatial information in the Canadian economy.  Ottawa based HAL will lead the project; other partners include Fujitsu Canada and UK based ConsultingWhere.  This project will provide a comprehensive profile of the Canadian geomatics sector, its domestic and international lmarkets and its human resource needs.  It will also determine the economic value of geospatial information to the Canadian economy and the contribution that open geospatial information makes to Canadian innovation and competiveness.  The study is scheduled to be completed by March31, 2014.
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• ACIL Tasman and Allen Consulting Group to merge

  14/02/2013

  Australia’s largest independent economics and public policy consulting firm will be formed following today’…more »

  Australia’s largest independent economics and public policy consulting firm will be formed following today’s announcement of the merger between industry pioneers ACIL Tasman and Allen Consulting Group. The new firm, ACIL Allen Consulting, which will begin trading as a combined entity from the beginning of April 2013, will employ about 90 consultants, and manage operations in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Hong Kong. ‘This merger brings together the heritage and considerable depth of experience of two tier one consulting firms, and their aspirations to remain independent, Australian, and employee-owned businesses’, said ACIL Tasman’s Chairman, Matt Doyle. 

  
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  • ACIL_Tasman_and_Allen_Consulting_Group_merger.pdf

• Paul Hyslop argues electricity plant mothballing shows that the National Electricity Market is working as it was intended

  23/01/2013

  Paul Hyslop, ACIL Tasman's CEO, recently authored an Opinion piece in the Courier Mail arguing that rather than bei…more »

  Paul Hyslop, ACIL Tasman's CEO, recently authored an Opinion piece in the Courier Mail arguing that rather than being a conspiracy to rip off Queensland electricity users, the recent decision by government-owned Stanwell Corporation to mothball 700 megawatts at the Tarong power station appears to be a sensible economic response to an oversupplied market.

  
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  • Tarong_mothballing_the_right_response_to_today.pdf

• ACIL Tasman develops demand & supply model of the WA labour market

  17/01/2013

  ACIL Tasman has developed a demand and supply model of the Western Australian labour market that can be used to predict…more »

  ACIL Tasman has developed a demand and supply model of the Western Australian labour market that can be used to predict labour shortages at the industry and occupation level.

  The ACIL Tasman Labour Market Model can:

  • Show demand for and supply of detailed occupations to 2025 and later if required.

  • Provide key statistics for each occupation including weekly earnings by industry and the key industries of employment.

  • Track activity in each required industry sector.

  • Identify shortages of workers in each detailed (4 digit ANZSCO) and less detailed occupation to 2025 and later if required.

  • Be tailored to individual client needs by focussing on custom industry sectors, different demand scenarios, different labour markets (regional, state, or national) and targeted occupations.

  The model is based on statistical analysis and has been developed by econometricians and economists with experience in the WA economy.

  It has been used to predict the impact of large scale resources and infrasctucture developments on the availability of skilled labour in the WA labour market for a report titled Crowding Out: Competition for Skilled Labour commissioned by the WA State Training Board.

  For further information about ACIL Tasman’s labour market model, please contact Antonia Hodby

  a.hodby@aciltasman.com.au, Simon Sagerer s.sagerer@aciltasman.com.au or call +61 8 9449 9600.

  
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  • 0ACIL_Tasman_Labour_Demand_Model.pdf

• ACIL Tasman's report "The National Energy Supply NESA Identified Issues: Strait of Hormuz" was released by the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism on 4 December 2012

  05/12/2012

  The report addresses the implications for Australia of a 14 day interruption to oil shipments through the Strait of Hor…more »

  The report addresses the implications for Australia of a 14 day interruption to oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. The report found that the interruption would not result in a physical disruption to Australia’s liquid fuel supplies. This arises for two main reasons:

  • full supplies through the Strait are restored within two weeks under the disruption scenario examined.
  • the release of stocks held by IEA member countries, and of commercial and other government held stocks built up in the weeks leading up to the disruption, combined with stocks on the water effectively nullified the impact of the disruption.

  However prices rise in the weeks leading up to the closure, spike when the closure occurs and remain elevated for a period as countries rebuild stocks after the event. The economic impact of the disruption was estimated to be of the order of $500 million in terms of lower GDP over the period of the disruption and the aftermath. This arises from price increases for petroleum fuels and not from a break in the supply chain. Economic outcomes are not significantly different for the seven or four refinery cases examined because the shock affects the crude oil price not refinery margins.

  The report can be found at - 

  http://www.ret.gov.au/energy/energy_security/national_energy_security_assessment/Pages/NationalEnergySecurityAssessment.aspx.

  
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