Wayne Swan delivered his fifth budget, and again, we are seeing a further increase in debt. Through accounting tricks and shuffling money between months and years, the Treasurer is making a false claim about having turned around his record of debt and deficit.
Here we have it again: another year, another increase in borrowings; another year, yet more put on the national credit card.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012.
Senator Scott Ryan untangles the myths surrounding government debt and looks at the accounting tricks the Gillard Government uses.
Tuesday, 3 April 2012.
Senator Scott Ryan tries to decipher the deceptive language used by governments when handing down a budget in his Modest Members piece in The Australian Financial Review.
Wednesday, 7 March 2012.
Senator Scott Ryan writes that the government does not always know what is best and interfering with market forces can do more harm than good in his Modest Members piece in The Australian Financial Review.
