The 2019 Budget delivered by freshly minted Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, together with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s Budget-in-reply speech, focused largely on tax cuts and short-term lures to the electorate at the expense of any solid plan to secure Australia’s long-term future.
The country’s short election cycle, the revolving-door leadership malaise and the parliamentary gridlock of the past decade continue to take a toll; and this means that minister…
