Owen Covick is Associate Professor in the School of Business Economics at Flinders University, Adelaide, and Deputy Head of the Faculty of Social Sciences. He was economic advisor to a series of senior Cabinet Economics Ministers in the Federal Government from 1986 to 1996. A member of academic staff at Flinders University since 1973, he has been involved in the activities of SACES since April 1983. His academic publications are principally in the areas of productivity analysis, labour costs and finance. As a member of the INDECS team of economists he was co-author of the best-selling State of Play series of books on Australian economic policy.