Opinion
South Australia loves a big, taxpayer-funded, get-rich-quick scheme, writes economics commentator Richard Blandy. He should know: he was once conscripted by the government to do the numbers on the mythical Multifunction Polis.
Analysis
An economic blueprint for South Australia from more than 35 years ago shows that government and business leaders were concerned we might become a "stagnant backwater". Did South Australia act on their recommendations? You be the judge.
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