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Large firms dominate Australia’s economy and it’s costing you money, says Labor MP Andrew Leigh

The market power of Australia's largest firms has grown in the last two decades, and price mark-ups have increased.

by | Aug 25, 2022

Large firms dominate Australia's economy and it's costing you money, says Labor MP Andrew Leigh

Andrew Leigh, the federal Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities, and Treasury, will make those observations this evening when he delivers the F.H. Gruen Lecture at the Australian National University.

He will draw on new Treasury analysis of microdata from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to show that Australia’s economy has become more sluggish since the turn of the century.

Read more at ABC News

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