Apart from their small populations and large public sector workforces, the ACT and the Northern Territory share little in common.
One spans 1.4 million square kilometres of mostly arid land across the country’s north and contains some of the nation’s most disadvantaged communities.
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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com
