How Victoria became one of Australia’s ‘poorer’ states over the past 10 years
Publications, The Australian Economy | 4th June 2021
Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers on 4th June 2021 outlining how Victoria’s economy has come to depend to a much greater extent on population growth than that of any other Australian state or territory, and the possible consequences for Victoria’s medium-term economic outlook given the way its mis-handling of the pandemic (including its ‘over-the-top’ policing of lockdown restrictions last year) may affect people’s enthusiasm for moving to Victoria from other parts of Australia or from overseas. The set of charts illustrates the points made in the text.