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business reporter Gareth Hutchens

RBA's rate hikes creating inflation, Ross Garnaut says, calling for radical overhaul of economic policy

Ross Garnaut says Australia's economy is dominated by a few powerful industries. (Supplied: University of Melbourne)

Australia's economy has become increasingly dominated by powerful firms that are extracting "economic rents" from the system, economist Ross Garnaut is warning.

Their market dominance has contributed to declining real incomes for workers, has made our cost-of-living crisis worse, and is undermining productivity growth, he says.

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