New Treasury head seeks fair Budget reform

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By Leith van Onselen

New Treasury head, John Fraser, has given his first interview to The Australian’s David Uren, in which he articulated the need for Australia to restore the Budget back to long-run health:

Mr Fraser… said Australia did not yet have a budget crisis, but it faced economic problems that would become harder to fix the longer they were left unresolved…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.