Treasurer Jim Chalmers held his much-hyped Economic Reform Roundtable this week, with politicians and a selective list of experts, leaders and business executives discussing solutions for the challenges facing the Australian economy.
Economist Jason Murphy joins readers’ editor Crystal Andrews to explain what “productivity” means, why the roundtable was so fixated on the concept, and to talk through some of the proposals on housing, tax reform and Centrelink. But patience is the name of this game: Murphy thinks any “success stories” from this roundtable won’t be seen for at least 10 years.
Read the full transcript of today’s episode.
Cut Through is Crikey’s new weekly podcast bringing you spin-free analysis of Australian news, politics and power. Each week readers’ editor Crystal Andrews is joined by Crikey journalists to discuss the week’s biggest news story.
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