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Australia's 29-year-run of economic expansion slows to a crawl

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Australia's economy continued its 29 year run of uninterrupted economic expansion in 2019 but that growth has slowed to a decade low. Fears of a global slowdown spurred by the US-China trade war, along with a more cautious consumer have put the breaks on our economy so what's being done about it?
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