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Zero unemployment should be policy priority

Treasury modelling of a stable unemployment rate at close to the actual rate ‘generates a do-nothing policy conclusion.’

Nevil Gibson
Sat, 22 Jun 2019

Opposition parties are scrambling for voter-friendly policies that offer a genuine alternative to the Coalition government’s direction of greater state intervention and reduced economic growth.

One obvious area is to reinstate a goal of full employment and curb the trend of having more rather

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Nevil Gibson
Sat, 22 Jun 2019
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