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So far so good: MYEFO budget update shows recovery gathering pace

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Outside of Victoria the number of hours worked has almost returned to where it was – nowhere near where it would have been, but almost where it was.

Employment figures released as Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was unveiling the mid-year budget update show 1,298 billion hours were worked outside of Victoria in November, just a whisker short of...

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