It seems official. Australia has just experienced its first quarter of negative growth in 8 years with a drop of half a percent in the GDP. We are spending less after the aparent boom of the past 17 years. As Peter Hatcher as pointed out this must be exceedingly frustruteding for the Government.
For Rudd Labor, taking power just as a 17-year boom turns to bust is profoundly frustrating
The timing is bad. Just as I suspect the Obama administration inherited problems originating from a careless Bush era, I fear much the same was always bound to happen to this Government. Recessions do not develop overnight and while they have been in power for 18 months now, i think the responsibility needs to be shared.
Australia lost some of its soul in the last 5 or so years. Continue reading
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