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The plan to rebuild Australia's shattered economy

The lifting of restrictions alone won't bring the economy back. It's a confidence game.

John Kehoe
John KehoeEconomics editor

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Weaning the economy off the extraordinary taxpayer support deployed in response to the coronavirus-induced economic crisis will be a monumental test for the Morrison government in the months and years ahead.

The government's top economic adviser, Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy, this week revealed parts of the recovery plan to steer the economy out of the deepest recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

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