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Australia needs a six-month GST holiday

  • Written by Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has spent billions trying to save us from recession. The winding down of JobKeeper scheduled for September means he’ll have to spend billions more.

Many of the stimulus measures talked about are focused on the traditional targets of infrastructure and residential construction.

But this recession is...

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