Forced to propose election policies that will address the growing economic crisis, New Zealand’s conservative political party, the National Party, has announced a plan for a national infrastructure bank.
Australia’s economy hangs on whether the Labor Party and trade unions can take a hard look at themselves and return to their roots as Australia’s greatest champions of a national bank.
While the government feigns concern about the economic impact of the pandemic response, and subjective knock-on effects like mental health, it is sitting on its hands as Australia faces a grave unemployment crisis.