What Can We Expect From the Inflation Reduction Act 2.0?

Published on April 12, 2024

Commentary There was not one single solitary dollar sign in Anthony Albanese’s “A Future Made in Australia” speech delivered in Brisbane. There should have been. This was a speech about re-industrialising Australia, but there were no specifics. It was 3,302 words of waffle—a melange of soundbites and non-sequiturs—aimed as much at the next Queensland state election as it was the Future Made in Australia Act which was supposed to be the real subject. When Mr. Albanese was asked if there was any modelling underlying the speech and how many jobs it would create, the prime minister could only waffle saying there was an opportunity to “grow enormous” jobs....

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