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Day: 15 July 2026

Why have Australian living standards fallen and how do we fix it?

15th July 2026 by Templetons Group
Why have Australian living standards fallen and how do we fix it?

  Key Points Falling real wages and a surge in tax and interest payments over the last five years have led to a slump in Australians’ living standards. But a broader driver of the malaise in living standards has been a slump in productivity growth from over 2% pa in the 1990s to near zero … Read more

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