The AFR View
Only people and productivity add up to prosperity
The census showed Australians are better off than they often think. But we also need to do more to secure our fortunes.
The census data released this week served as a timely reminder that Australians are often better off than they think they are. But it is also a sharp warning that it is going to take a much bigger and more productive nation to keep it that way.
Headlines constantly tell us of a world of falling real wages, insecure work, a cost of living crisis, and a generational betrayal of the young over high house prices.
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