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Political platitudes like ‘we’re in a good place’ won’t fill the cracks in Australia’s economy ahead of the election | Satyajit Das
Continuing to avoid confronting challenges exposed by the pandemic means critical issues to our future won’t make it onto the policy agenda
The 2022 Australian federal election will be a de facto referendum on the handling of the pandemic.
Like a novice outplayed by a grand master, policymakers have conceded to the forever virus. But on economic matters, platitudes about “building back better” notwithstanding, the fault lines exposed by Covid-19 do not seem to have registered.
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