Originally published by the Canberra Times

The shimmering heat haze and red dirt roads of Alice Springs seem like a world away from the morning fog and paved parallel streets of Canberra.

Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.

The federal budget is the nation's fiscal and economic blueprint - a document that lays out the agenda of the government of the day and outlines the policy priorities for the year ahead.

Originally published on the Guardian. 

The big problem with Malcolm Turnbull’s $65bn big business tax cut comes with absolutely no guarantees that the multinationals who receive it will increase investment in Australia, or even invest any of it onshore.

Originally published on Crikey.

With a week to go until Christmas, Malcolm Turnbull has made it perfectly clear in his budget update that it’s big multinational businesses and millionaires who will get all the goodies, and not Australians who work and study.

Originally published by the APPS Policy Forum.

Forty-one years ago this week the decision was taken to split the Department of Finance from the existing Treasury.

Originally published by Crikey.

Time and again when it comes to economic management, the Turnbull government substantially lowers the bar and yet still manages to trip over it.

Originally published on Crikey.

Malcolm Turnbull and his Government now have the dubious honour of presiding over half-a-trillion dollars in gross debt for the first time ever in this country’s history.

Originally published on Crikey.

There are really three ways to improve the Budget bottom line – through increasing taxes, fair savings measures and strong economic growth.

Originally published by Huffington Post

One of the reasons Australians are no more convinced with or impressed by the Abbott-Turnbull Government's fourth Budget than the three preceding it is because it can't be divorced from the broader economic and political reality into which it has been released.

Originally published on John Menadue’s Pearls and Irritations blog

For Australia to succeed and prosper as an economy and a society, we need to ensure growth is inclusive, hard work is rewarded, and there’s a decent safety net for those left behind.