Economist Dr Peter McCawley, former Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute and currently Visiting Fellow, Indonesia Project, Arndt-Corden Dept of Economics, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU assesses the effectiveness of the Budget strategies recently announced by the Federal Government and the Opposition.
Why do the Budget proposals of the Federal Government and the Opposition put such focus on tax policy? How serious are both sides about achieving a Budget surplus? Should there be greater concern about household debt in Australia? Dr Peter McCawley addresses the issues with his usual insight.
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