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Grattan on Friday: Budget lays election foundation, but Turnbull bungles

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Ever since Malcolm Turnbull announced he’d call an election for July 2 if the Senate defied him, we’ve been counting down towards Sunday’s formal announcement of the start of a marathon eight-week campaign.

Tuesday’s budget had been hyped as a seminal moment on the journey. Given it contained no disaster for the government...

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Shorten avoids the traps and plays to Labor's strengths in budget reply

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageBill Shorten is not a natural orator, but was passionate and persuasive in the more sober parts of his speech.AAP/Sam Mooy

There were three competing and conflicting narratives in the Coalition’s budget. First, there was the narrative that Malcolm Turnbull and colleagues have been playing up – that their budget built on tax cuts for...

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  18. Australia hopes favourite Clinton gets up, but Trump looms in wildly unpredictable US presidential race
  19. Super changes in budget are a step forward in addressing equity
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