The circus troupe has well and truly rolled into town, with Dad’s Army’s “Mad” Adam Carr joining forces with Treasurer Joe Hockey to attack us “simpleton” doomsayers:
As good as it was to see a strong quarter of growth in the GDP numbers, the fact remains that on an annual basis growth was still a measly 2.3 per cent. Detractors point to that and the alleged drop in national income to paint a predictably negative picture of the economy and how it’s still weak, which would be a huge worry if it wasn’t the stuff of pure fantasy.