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The company tax regime is a roadblock to business investment. Here’s what needs to change

  • Written by Alex Robson, Deputy Chair, Productivity Commission, and Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology
The company tax regime is a roadblock to business investment. Here’s what needs to changeErman Gunes/Shutterstock

Productivity growth is a key driver of improvements in living standards. But in Australia over the last decade, output per hour worked grew by less than a quarter of its 60-year average.

We urgently need to turn this around.

That’s why the government has asked the Productivity Commission – where I am deputy chair...

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