Danielle Wood on Australia’s productivity problem

For years, Australia has managed to avoid some hard questions. 

Why is productivity growth going backwards? Why do wages, housing, and living standards feel under pressure? And how long can the country keep relying on good fortune instead of serious reform?

Danielle Wood, Chair of the Productivity Commission, is at the centre of that debate. She joins That's Business to talk about what has gone wrong, whether governments have let the reform task slide for too long, and why AI could either help lift productivity - or create a whole new set of challenges.

It’s a conversation about why Australia feels stuck, what it would take to change course, and whether anyone in politics is really prepared to do it.

Danielle Wood joins Alan Kohler to unpack it all on That's Business with Alan Kohler.

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