It is easy to blame the lack of reformist zeal in Australia on the politicians, the politicians on both sides of the aisle. Low comparative productivity. Very high personal income tax rates. A ballooning debt and untamed deficit. Over-rigid labour relations. A dysfunctional federal system, that includes a world’s worst vertical fiscal imbalance and an incentive-destroying and bizarre algorithm for the GST carve-up.
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