posted on 2024-08-06, 12:33authored byStephen Howes, Arusha Cooray, Ben Spies-Butcher, Cameron Gordon, Carol Johnson, Clive Bean, David Willis, Hal Swerissen, John Quiggin, Lin Crase, Matthew BailesMatthew Bailes, Paul Burke, Simon Marginson, Stephen Duckett, Zareh Ghazarian
Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has handed down his sixth budget, facing an almost impossible task: how to reconcile an enormous revenue shortfall with big spending promises, all while keeping the voters happy in an election year? Everyone has an opinion, but we have gone straight to the academic experts for insight into what the 2013 budget means for the economy, health, the environment, science and politics.