The election campaign is being conducted as if Australia has no fundamental problems, and can afford to squabble over personality and trivia.
It is good that we have reduced our unnecessarily high unemployment and are talking about achieving full employment for the first time in half a century.
Ross GarnautContributorRoss Garnaut is emeritus professor of economics at University of Melbourne. His new book Let’s Tax Carbon and Other Ideas for a Better Australia is published by Black Inc with La Trobe University Press.