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Leading article Australia

Rooted in failure

29 March 2025

9:00 AM

29 March 2025

9:00 AM

Australia is rooted. That is the message from the Albanese government as it heads towards an election it thoroughly deserves to lose but may in fact narrowly win, with the help of the Greens and the Teals. With a trillion dollars worth of gross debt, this government has shown itself to be about as fiscally responsible as a Leo DiCaprio-style Wall Street hedge fund manager on a night out with half a dozen hookers, a case of champagne, a kilo of coke and the company credit card.

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