The NSW budget continued the nationwide theme of unimaginative big-spending budgets with large deficits. The economic story is not unique, but the budget does stand out for one reason – the masterful display of Machiavellian narrative control.
The NSW government claims that the budget has been a restrained and responsible attempt to balance the books in the face of a $12 billion GST downgrade that was out of their control.
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