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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Peter Hannam

MYSTERIOUS: Upskilling workers and slashing tariffs key takeaways from the productivity commission report - You Need To See This

Australia is relatively productive internationally in farming and digging, less so in services, according to the Productivity Commission report.
Australia is relatively productive internationally in farming and digging, less so in services, according to the Productivity Commission report. Photograph: Hollandse Hoogte/Rex/Shutterstock

“Advancing prosperity” is the title – and hope – of the Productivity Commission’s major five-yearly inquiry report released on Friday.

Its 1,000-plus pages include “29 reform directives and 71 specific recommendations”. It builds on the inaugural “Shifting the Dial” report released by the then treasurer Scott Morrison in 2017 with little apparent result.

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