Economists attack Coalition’s pensioner pork

Thursday 24 January 2019

Bereft of policy, and facing electoral annihilation, the Morrison Government has taken a leaf out of the dying 2007 Howard Government’s playbook, flagging yesterday that it would provide one-off cash payments to pensioners and families on low incomes.

Today, economists have lined-up to deride the policy, claiming that it represents nothing more than reckless pre-election pork-barrelling. From The AFR:

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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.