If the Albanese government did what really needs to be done, it would be a very big target
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Usually the speeches of treasury secretaries are relatively bland, echoes of their political masters. But an address this week from Steven Kennedy was something quite different.
One economist described it as “unplugged”. It gave not just a blunt assessment of the challenges the Australian economy has, but offered a bracing critique of...