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SenateMonday 22 June 2026

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator ROBERTS (Queensland) (14:45): My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher, and relates to productivity. The measure of productivity I'm using is from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: GDP per hours worked. Under your government, the index measure of productivity has fallen from 100 per cent to 99.6 per cent.

Net overseas migration in the year to December 2025 was 301,000 people. What change will these 301,000 new permanent arrivals make to our productivity—GDP per hours worked—across the forward estimates?

SourceSenate, Monday 22 June 2026 — official recordTA-260622-senate-9b445244af00:s130