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Politics podcast: Chris Richardson on the state of the Australian economy

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Ahead of next week’s mid-year economic and fiscal outlook, the government has been hit with the sobering news that real GDP shrank in the September quarter. Deloitte Access Economics’ Chris Richardson offers some context to the gloomy figures.

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