Public spending hit a record high of 27.3% of GDP in Q2 2024, and Westpac projected it to continue growing. Despite the record public spending, Australians have experienced six consecutive quarterly declines in per capita GDP, the most prolonged contraction on record. On Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released government finance for Q3,
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