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When assessed by the government's own rules, MYEFO fails. The government is spending the latest revenue windfall even though it promised not to.
The budget line known as "decisions taken but not yet announced" points to $9 billion of unannounced tax cuts.
The government is worried about a conference which is a highly managed affair where divisions are being contained and participants have their eyes firmly on the prize of Labor winning power next year.
History suggests the government will spend most of the extra $10 billion per year that the MYEFO will reveal on Monday. The only problem is, those riches won't last.
The cuts to higher education funding are more about making savings than improving higher education, and would be extremely hard to change in the future.
Next year GDP will grow at the second-slowest rate in 16 years, according to MYEFO. This has big implications for unemployment and the deficit.
Ahead of the Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, minister for defence industries Christopher Pyne said a lot of jobs were created in 2016 and Australia has the highest growth rate in the G7. Is that true?
A lot has changed in the global economy since the Federal Budget 2016.
The US Fed meets expectations for a rate cut, Australia's unemployment rate heads upwards again, and all eyes look to the mid year budget update.
Ahead of next week's mid-year economic and fiscal outlook, the government has been hit with the sobering news that real GDP shrunk in the September quarter.
The possible axing of the Green Army, which aimed to put thousands to work tending conservation projects, leaves many questions unanswered - the biggest being the reason for the sudden retreat.
Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen told journalists that since the last federal election, the government has had spending as a percentage of GDP at GFC levels. Is that right?
Industry consolidation and technological advances have completely reshaped the pathology industry over recent decades. But the way governments pay for pathology services hasn’t kept up.
Michelle Grattan discusses the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook with Shadow Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh.
The government has revised down its forecast for economic growth to 2.5% and an expected deficit of $37.4 billion.
Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan take a look what confronts both Malcolm Turbull and Bill Shorten in the coming weeks.
Having landed the innovation statement on a cloud of optimism, the Turnbull government faces some character-forming days in the coming week.
The MYEFO numbers aren't going to be pretty - but the projected future budget deficits are a fantasy.
Australia faces a remarkably similar list of challenges to Canada.
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