Labor's productivity hopes need a bold program, not another roundtable
Let's never knock a summit, but let's not be taken in by the suggestion that the planned August meeting, involving employers, unions and the government, will mark some breakthrough moment.
Former prime minister Paul Keating famously used to say the resident galah in any pet shop was talking about micro-economic policy. These days, if you encounter a pet shop with a galah, she'll be chattering about productivity. Productivity is current... [7407 chars]
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Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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