‘The Coalition has abandoned debt and deficit in a monumental shift to its political narrative.’
That’s the refrain we’ve basically heard from many of Australia’s political journalists since the release of the government’s last budget and its emphasis on spending on aged care, mental health and other social policy areas.
If one moment singularly captures how bad some sections of Australian political journalism has become, we have arrived at.
Let’s breakdown the bad.
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