Unemployment below 3% is possible for the first time in 50 years – if Australia budgets for it
- Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The Morrison government could achieve unemployment rates once seen under Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister Robert Menzies.National Library of AustraliaWhat’s the boldest thing the Morrison government could do in next month’s budget?
It would be to forecast an unemployment rate below 4% (a rate of three-point-something), then to...







