The 2014 budget announced by Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey lives in political infamy because its cuts and savings, although economically prudent, constituted some brazenly broken promises.

That budget is still spoken about in hushed tones as not the ideal way for a new government to ingratiate itself with the mob. What is rarely, if ever, mentioned is that very few of the measures, especially the contentious ones such as the Medicare co-payment, were ever implemented.