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Leading article Australia

Labor-lite

5 May 2016

1:00 PM

5 May 2016

1:00 PM

Scott Morrison’s first budget, delivered last Tuesday, was the Turnbull government’s opportunity to grasp the nettle and finally lay out a narrative about what it stands for and where it plans to take Australia if elected on 2 July. Mr Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull have produced a budget that will not lose the Coalition the election, but won’t win it either.

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