Hewson's view: Election gambles

By John Hewson
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:22am, first published April 4 2019 - 7:00pm

What if voters no longer attach significance to budget surpluses as a barometer of economic management? What if they simply see this as their money that should have been distributed to them by way of better schools, hospitals and meaningful infrastructure?

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