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Bragg says better value' for taxpayers if Coalition part of Chalmers' productivity roundtable

Andrew Bragg, the shadow minister for productivity and deregulation, told RN Breakfast this morning it was up to treasurer Jim Chalmers who sits on an upcoming productivity roundtable but taxpayers would be better off if the Coalition was on the invite list.

As you know, we're happy to be productive. We are doing our own policy work on productivity, deregulation, cutting of red tape. ... I think taxpayers would get better value if we were able to collaborate. But ultimately, who goes to this meeting is up to the treasurer. As he says, there'll be a role for us regardless.

But I do think that if there is an opportunity for bipartisanship on trying to improve our very anaemic productivity, which I have to say, after three years of Labor, I mean, the government have largely driven a lot of this bad productivity because of their huge commitment to red tape.