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.
Who can be trusted?
A homeless man sits on the ground as others pack away their belongings and prepare to leave Tent City in Martin Place in Sydney (AAP) Source: AAP
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.
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