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Australia must make the environment integral to economic decision-making

  • Written by Carl Obst, Honorary Research Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
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How we track our economy influences everything from government spending and taxes to home lending and business investment. In our series The Way We Measure, we’re taking a close look at economic indicators to better understand what’s going on.

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