Annika Smethurst on the politics of the Budget
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Show Notes
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the Budget on Tuesday night….a critically important budget with an election due to be called in weeks.
Annika Smethurst, a Walkley award winning political reporter at The Age, the author of The Accidental Prime Minister and regular contributor at The Briefing, tells us it’s a Budget for our time….when we’re coming out of a pandemic, inflation is rising, and the looming election. And it call comes as the Prime Minister is copping criticism from MPs on his own side of politics
We’ll hear Annika’s take on the politics of the Budget….and what it means for Scott Morrison heading into an election in a matter of weeks.
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