This week showed politics can still work in the national interest
The NDIS breakthrough, the CFMEU deal, and in-principle agreement on aged care reform shows it’s not all about the antics of crossbench issue poseurs or the confected conflict of question time.
Among the very few who warned way back when that the National Disability Insurance Scheme risked becoming a financial disaster, were businessman Tony Shepherd and economist Peter Crone.
Shepherd and Crone sounded the alarm in the March 2014 commission of audit they conducted for the incoming Abbott government which wanted to get ahead of growing structural challenges in the budget.
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Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence. Connect with Phillip on Facebook and Twitter. Email Phillip at pcoorey@afr.com
