Michelle Grattan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
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In a special “The Week in Politics”, Michelle Grattan discusses the 2020 budget with Professor Robert Tanton, of the University of Canberra’s National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling.
The pair discuss the modelling of NATSEM in light of this year’s budget, the efficacy of tax cuts for individuals and tax breaks for businesses, as well as the debt and deficit forecasts, and Labor’s budget reply.
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