On the 4th of June this year, the ABS published its quarterly report on Australia’s economic growth. The statistics were tepid—0.2% growth in the March quarter, or 1.3% for the year ending in the March quarter. Hidden behind the main drivers of this sluggish growth—global uncertainty, extreme weather, level government spending—was another factor that led a recent policy brief by the federal Parliamentary Library to conclude that Australia’s “long-term economic prosperity” is “under threat”.
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