Another stellar lineup of mewling today from Australia’s greatest whinger, Joe Hockey, via the AFR:
In an outburst following months of criticism over his failure to win broad public and Senate support for his first budget, Mr Hockey complained it was “bloody hard” explaining the complexities of Australia’s challenges after two decades of economic growth.
…“My first budget was not anywhere as large in fiscal consolidation terms as Keating’s budgets or Costello’s in 1996,” he said. “But it had more structural reform, I would argue, than any single budget they ever delivered. And that’s been completely lost in the debate.”
