Big Government Howard slams Big Government Budget

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By Leith van Onselen

ABC Lateline ran a segment last night that featured a bunch of Liberal Party stalwarts and backers slamming the ‘big government’ approach taken in the latest Budget.

First there was the Coalition’s chief lobby group, the Institute of Public Affairs, bemoaning the loss of the ‘free market’:

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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.