Labor’s growth plan same as Liberals growth plan

Thursday 9 March 2023

Following this month’s national accounts shocker, which saw the nation’s final demand growth plunge to zero over the December quarter (minus 0.5% in per capita terms):

The AFR View asked “What is Labor’s growth plan from here?“:

The answer should be obvious to The AFR: “quantitative peopling” via mass immigration.

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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.