Good Diagnosis, Poor Prescription: What One Think Tank’s Analysis Reveals About Labor’s Budget Plans
Commentary
Sometimes there are signposts as to what a government may be planning to do, and when it comes to the budget in Australia, the Grattan Institute is one.
Its latest pointer is called “Back in Black” and is a submission on this May’s Federal Budget.
As a centre-left think tank, sponsored by the Australian and Victorian governments, Melbourne University, and mining giant BHP, Grattan is a sort of “Bunyip Brookings”—never adventurous and always within the Overton Window (policies deemed acceptable to the public) with the cool kids, whether right or wrong.
During COVID they were right in the centre of the Overton Window and the official advice, even when it was evidently wrong….