posted on 2024-08-06, 12:20authored byVeronica Sheen, Andrew Dodd, Ben Phillips, Ben Spies-Butcher, Geoff Sharrock, Glenn C. Savage, Gwilym Croucher, Helen Dickinson, Janine O'Flynn, Roy Green, Sinclair Davidson
The National Commission of Audit has made 86 recommendations with a focus on the federal government's 15 biggest and fastest-growing areas of spending. The result is proposals for sweeping spending cuts for the government to consider for its May 13 budget, ranging from the politically possible to the crazy brave. Rolling expert responses follow.