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Michael Read

Coalition’s Future Fund plan is a funny money fiscal illusion

The opposition’s proposal to pay down debt would actually involve the federal government taking on even more debt.

Just when you thought the policy debate at this federal election couldn’t get any worse, the Coalition has proposed a plan to pay down debt that actually involves taking on more debt.

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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com

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