Politics, Not Pandemic, Behind Collapsing Growth: Productivity Boss

Danielle Wood warned that red tape, weak bipartisanship, and stalled reforms are choking productivity.
Politics, Not Pandemic, Behind Collapsing Growth: Productivity Boss
03/05/2023 01:11 Danielle Wood, CEO of the Grattan Institute addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING
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Partisanship, vested interests, and the constant churn of the media cycle have distracted from long-term growth, said Productivity Commission Chair Danielle Wood ahead of the Albanese government’s first national productivity roundtable in Canberra on Aug. 19.

“Growth has simply fallen down the list of priorities in policy making,” Woods said in her address at the National Press Club on Aug. 18.

Naziya Alvi Rahman
Naziya Alvi Rahman
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Naziya Alvi Rahman is a Canberra-based journalist who covers political issues in Australia. She can be reached at [email protected].