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PETER ATTARD MONTALTO: Budget vote speeches show the government has no effective plan to create jobs
For business, the message is that departments’ thinking is not changing, which means inequality and unemployment will continue
15 July 2019 - 05:05
If you listened to the budget vote speeches last week — without the benefit of context — of the departments of trade, industry & competition and mineral resources & energy, what do you guess the growth rates would be in 2019 and 2020: 2%, 3% or 4%?
And given they were brimming with optimism, what would you guess business sentiment would be? Positive?..
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