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Politics with Michelle Grattan: two leading economists on Australia's post-COVID economy

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

With three months before JobSeeker is due to end and calls for billions of dollars in extra spending, there is a growing debate about how Australia’s post-coronavirus economy will actually look.

While Scott Morrison has said Australia will need to lift economic growth by “more than one percentage point above trend” through to...

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