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'Wellbeing'. It's why Labor's first budget will have more rigour than any before it

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

What if the most important thing in Jim Chalmers’ first budget is the thing his critics are writing off as a gimmick?

Australia’s new treasurer has a lot on his plate. He has commissioned a complete review of the way the Reserve Bank works, he is drawing up a statement to parliament he says people will find “confronting” and...

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