Coalition PC lackey blames low productivity for poor wage growth

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In 2018, I lamented how the “esteemed government organisation – the Productivity Commission (PC) – is facing politicisation, with Treasurer Scott Morrison appointing former Liberal Party staffer, Michael Brennan, to head the Commission”:

Brennan is a former staffer to former Liberal Finance Minister Nick Minchin and also served in that role for former Victorian Liberal Treasurer Kim Wells…

He has limited experience in micro economics.

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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.