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The pieces of Australia post-coronavirus are falling into place

  • Written by Tim Harcourt, J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics and host of The Airport Economist, UNSW
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Australia won’t be the same post-coronavirus, but parts of the picture are falling into place.

One concerns our approach to trade. It’ll be a reset, not a rejection.

We will continue to forge strong ties in the Asian Century with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand...

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