Before lecturing, Costello should admit Budget mistakes

Monday, 12 September 2016

Is there a bigger hypocrite on Budget-related matters than former Treasurer Peter Costello?

Over the weekend, he delivered yet another sermon on the Budget, imploring the Coalition to embrace “its core business of small government and lower taxes”. From The Australian:

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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.