Treasurer Chalmers has a $70 billion a year budget hole: we've found 13 ways to fill it
- Written by Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute
No one likes spending cuts and tax hikes, but on our estimate the government will soon need more of them if they are going to make a dent in looming A$70 billion a year budget deficits.
A new Grattan Institute report, Back in Black? A menu of measures to repair the budget argues the present combination of low unemployment and high inflation makes...
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