2018 Budget Wrap
“the vast majority of the money being handed out is going to go to high income earners…”
The Australia Institute was in the 2018 Budget Lockup, and subsequently have gone through the budget papers. Listen to two top economists break it down and give you the straight facts in a way that you won’t hear from the pollies.
>> Read the Australia Institute’s full Budget Wrap 2018
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Host: Deputy Director Ebony Bennett @ebony_bennett
Contributors:
- Matt Grudnoff is Senior Economist at The Australia Institute @MattGrudnoff
- David Richardson is the Senior Research Fellow at The Australia Institute
Producer: Jennifer Macey @jennifermacey // Title Track: Jonathan McFeat pulseandthrum.com
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