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The Productivity Commission’s job is speaking truth to power
The economy is stalling because the voices that want to obstruct economic reform get more hearing than those willing to speak up for it.
Gary BanksFounding chair of the Productivity CommissionTreasurer Jim Chalmers has frequently highlighted the importance of having a “national conversation” about Australia’s budgetary and debt problems. More generally, the concept of public discussion preceding policy action has been presented as a hallmark of the new government’s approach, contrasting with the previous one.
The Productivity Commission pushes back against interest groups to show the community-wide benefits of reform. Jason South
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