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THE ROLE OF THE INDUSTRY COMMISSION IN RELATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT*
Author(s) -
Hundloe Tor
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1992.tb01097.x
Subject(s) - commission , underpinning , government (linguistics) , equity (law) , parliament , sustainable development , intergenerational equity , public economics , public administration , business , perspective (graphical) , economics , political science , sustainability , finance , law , politics , engineering , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , civil engineering , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
The Industry Commission is the Australian government's independent advisory body on industry and industry matters. The Commission's role is to make recommendations on ways to improve the nation's overall economic performance. It performs this task by holding public inquiries and producing reports that are presented to the parliament. While the Commission's perspective is economic efficiency, it is required to report on the environmental consequences of its findings. One of the commissioners is required to have expertise in such matters. The extent to which it has met this challenge is illustrated by reference to a number of inquiry reports. The Commission has found that both economic efficiency gains and better environmental outcomes can go hand in hand, but it has recognised that the intergenerational equity prescription underpinning the concept of sustainable development is an ethical issue beyond the limits of economics.