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Three ways that Chalmers’ budget fiddled with the numbers

The 2023 budget is a sharp reminder that we should never take treasurers claims to gold-medal fiscal management at face value.

Robert CarlingEconomist

May 16, 2023 – 10.58am

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There is nothing new in treasurers stretching the truth to justify their claims to gold-medal fiscal management.

But the latest federal budget is a sharp reminder that we should never take these claims at face value.

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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