The Government's half-year fiscal update paints a bleak economic picture for the years ahead. 

It revealed the Government's debt path is steeper than previously anticipated - and surplus won't be reached until the end of the decade.

Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen explains how things got to this point - and how the Government can redirect the economy.

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The Government's half-year fiscal update paints a bleak economic picture for the years ahead.&nbsp;
It revealed the Government's debt path is steeper than previously anticipated - and surplus won't be reached until the end of the decade.
Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen explains how things got to this point - and how the Government can redirect the economy.
LISTEN ABOVE

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Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economist on the Government books revealing a slower-than-expected path for economic growth

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