Labor must cull its policies, embrace an economic growth agenda, rebuild bridges with business, and reconnect with blue-collar voters if it is to have a chance at the next election, its review into the May 18 loss recommends.

The review cites a "lethal combination'' of an unpopular leader, a poor campaign and a policy agenda that was so cluttered and expensive that it caused low-income voters, the supposed beneficiaries, to fear it would crash the economy and risk their jobs.