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how the ABS became our secret weapon

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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If we survive this economic crisis (and it is looking increasingly like we will, although the end of JobKeeper at the end of the month will be a setback) it will in large measure be because this time we’ve had real-time updates on what’s been going on.

Last time, we were flying blind.

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