Federal budget 2013: expert reactions

Authors

Stephen Howes, Australian National University
Arusha Cooray, University of WollongongFollow
Ben Spies-Butcher, Macquarie University
Cameron Gordon, University of Canberra
Carol Johnson, University of Adelaide
Clive Bean, Queensland University of Technology
David Willis, Queensland University of Technology
Hal Swerissen, La Trobe University
John Quiggin, University of Queensland
Lin Crase, La Trobe University
Matthew Bailes, Swinburne University of Technology
Paul Burke, Australian National University
Simon Marginson, University of Melbourne
Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute
Zareh Ghazarian, Monash University

RIS ID

91524

Publication Details

Howes, S., Cooray, A., Spies-Butcher, B., Gordon, C., Johnson, C., Bean, C., Willis, D., Swerissen, H., Quiggin, J., Crase, L., Bailes, M., Burke, P., Marginson, S., Duckett, S. & Ghazarian, Z. (2013). Federal budget 2013: expert reactions. The Conversation, 14 May 1-10.

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The Conversation

Abstract

Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has handed down his sixth budget, facing an almost impossible task: how to reconcile an enormous revenue shortfall with big spending promises, all while keeping the voters happy in an election year?