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Jacob Shteyman

National economy still stuck in 'productivity malaise'

Australia's workforce is barely more productive than before the COVID-19 pandemic, experts warn. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's productivity performance improved in the June quarter, but weak capital investment is still holding back growth in living standards, the Productivity Commission says.

Growth in labour productivity - or doing more with less - accelerated to 0.3 per cent in the three months to June 30, the commission reported in its quarterly bulletin.

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