Bran Black

“This is not a problem that starts 40 years from now – Australians are already paying the price for our failure to lift productivity through lower living standards,”

Bran Black · said 2026-09-21 · reported 2026-09-21

Black said Australians are already experiencing lower living standards due to weak productivity growth.

“Every man, woman and child in Australia is almost $2,000 worse off because we haven’t achieved the path anticipated in the 2023 Intergenerational Report.”

Bran Black · said 2026-09-21 · reported 2026-09-21

Black said every Australian is nearly $2,000 worse off because productivity growth fell short of the 2023 Intergenerational Report's projections.