Welcome to the March 2025 Economic Bulletin. The feature article examines what public private partnerships (PPPs) are. PPPs have been a hot topic recently, with the coalition government signalling it wants to use them to deliver infrastructure. However, experience with PPPs, both here and overseas, indicates we should be wary. Not only are good use cases for PPPs extremely rare, PPPs often put key public services - like hospitals and schools - at the mercy of private providers.
In our regular data updates, we discuss the GDP data for the December 2024 quarter and examine the latest statistics on prices, trade, migration, and consumer and business confidence, and the government accounts.
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