Competition policy must not ignore land costs

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By Leith van Onselen

Business Spectator’s Callam Pickering is on point today questioning why the Draft Report of the Harper Competition Policy Review has largely ignored Australia’s sky high land costs, which have eroded competitiveness and productivity across the economy:

…the elephant in the room remains land prices. High property prices are, for whatever reason, celebrated in Australia, but they go a long way to explaining our lack of competitiveness.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.