Veteran Canberra hand Laurie Oakes’ prediction of an early federal election was so qualified as to be the political equivalent of backing the full Melbourne Cup card. If the Budget is extraordinarily well received, if there is a Budget reform Bill and so on, were presented as clues but the reality is that the chance of Tony Abbott calling an early election is at best low in the extreme even though Tuesday’s Budget will contain no cruel cuts or broken promises.
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Piers Akerman is associate editor and columnist at the Daily Telegraph
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