Opinion

No black holes, except Labor’s spending

Labor hasn’t inherited any hidden budget surprises. It is spending monuments created in their last period in office that now need to be tamed.

Robert CarlingEconomist

Jun 1, 2022 – 4.11pm

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Newly minted federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher have hit the ground running with a warp-speed conversion to fiscal discipline.

Robert Carling is a Senior fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, and a former IMF and federal and state Treasury economist.

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