ANALYSIS: Australians are working longer hours but the standard of living is falling and productivity is in the doldrums. There are no easy solutions to the productivity dilemma.
WATCH: NBR senior journalist Lachlan Colquhoun speaks with Mike McRoberts.
Australia and New Zealand have a lot in common and one of the less positive of our shared traits is that both countries are ranked low in terms of productivity.
The most recent OECD compendium of productivity, dating from 2022, shows that New Zealand’s labour productivity growth for that year was
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