New South Wales continues to be Australia’s strongest-performing economy while continued high unemployment has seen Western Australia slip again into sixth position, according to the latest CommSec State of the States report released on Monday. But the report says there is little difference between the top two states and between the bottom three. Victoria has gained “substantial ground” on NSW with strong housing finance, population growth, and the fastest annual economic growth rate in the nation. At the other end of the scale, the Tasmanian economy has improved enough to draw equal-last with South Australia after a ... (full story)